Qadirpur plant can help Pakistan, Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited (EPQL) CEO Shahab Qader said on Wednesday that his company is looking to use gas from low British thermal unit (BTU) gas fields in the vicinity of Qadirpur to generate cheap and affordable electricity.
The Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited (EPQL) CEO Shahab Qader said on Wednesday that his company is looking to use gas from low British thermal unit (BTU) gas fields in the vicinity of Qadirpur to generate cheap and affordable electricity. The Qadirpur plant can help Pakistan, The company aims to help to reduce Pakistan’s import bill by $2 billion by using the cheap energy. In comments to Business Recorder, Qader said that the company has given a proposal to the government to allocate low BTU gas from multiple gas fields including Badar, Kandara, Sara West and Kandhkot to EPQL to minimise the energy shortfall.
Kandhkot gas, Qadirpur plant can help Pakistan save $2bn “We can potentially produce 23 billion units by 2035, which can provide foreign exchange savings of up to $2 billion by cutting coal and fuel imports,” he said. “We feel that small pockets like Badar, Kandra and Sara West are available. We do not need big fields and marginal discoveries as low BTU ones are suitable for us.” Qader stressed that low BTU fields can have a massive impact on the narrative of cheap electricity supply to the national grid.
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