ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday sacked the chiefs of Sui Natural Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) over a severe winter energy crisis that has seen repeated supply outages. “Recently, people have faced a severe gas supply crisis,” Chaudhry said in a statement…The prime minister has announced the immediate sacking of the heads Sui Southern and Sui Northern,” the statement said. The country has significant natural gas reserves that can fill almost half its energy requirements but supply constraints have led to increasing demand for LNG imports. Khan’s critics say the natural gas companies are not solely responsible for the recent energy crisis, pointing to decisions made by his government which have discouraged the importing of LNG. In October, the new government announced it would renegotiate agreements for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals as part of a wider investigation into deals struck by the previous government.

Source: Egypt Independent January 09, 2019 15:00 UTC