Compressors arrive for Qadirpur gas field

ISLAMABAD: Six out of 14 compressors being imported by Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) to save the Qadirpur Gas Field from declining gas pressures have arrived at the Karachi Port and are expected to reach the site by end of this month, OGDC spokesman told Dawn on Saturday.
 
‘OGDCL will install 14 compressors as interim relief to maintain the declining pressures from the field,’ said Basharat A. Mirza, adding that the remaining compressors are expected to arrive early February next year.

Qadirpur gas field on brink of collapse

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s third largest gas producing field in Qadirpur is on the verge of collapse due to inordinate delay in installation of 16 compression plants.
 
If immediate steps are not taken the country will be deprived of about 690 million cubic feet of gas a day, or over 20 per cent of current production.

As a result, the national gas shortfalls at about one billion cubic feet per day (BCFD) this year would go beyond 2.5 BCFD next year and increase dependence on expensive imported fuels.