State-owned gas utility Sui Southern Gas (SSGC) has invited bids to handle 3mn-3.75mn t/yr of LNG imports over 15 years. SSGC will enter into a LNG storage and regasification agreement with the successful bidder, who must include an additional floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Port Qasim in Karachi to handle the LNG. Bids are due by 15 January and the FSRU should be connected to SSGC’s main gas distribution area with 24 months after signing the LNG services agreement. LNG will be procured by SSGC or a government-designated entity under separate LNG supply contracts. The government has appointed state-owned oil marketer Pakistan State Oil (PSO) to source LNG on its behalf, and is in talks with Qatar for LNG supplies (AGL, February, p12).
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