Karachi June 13 2023: The Urea Plant Operations of the Agritech will stand suspended with effect from June 13, 2023 due to suspension of Gas supply as a result of the Cyclone Biporjoy threat alert which has hampered the birthing of RLNG Cargoes, thus curtailing RLNG flow to SNGPL and adversely affecting pipeline pack levels in the SNGPL system.
Pakistan LNG cargoes facing problems in reaching port due to Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BIPARJOY says Minister of Energy Engineer Khurram Dastgir’s.
Pakistan meets 20 percent of gas needs through LNG imports. Currently, the capacity of two FRSUs to RLNG is 1,200 MMCFD. Accordingly, RLNG is being imported to mitigate the gas demand-supply shortfall. During July-March FY2023, the average natural gas consumption was about 3,258 MMCFD, including 631 MMCFD volume of RLNG.
The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) “ BIPARJOY” over northeast Arabian Sea moved further north- northwestward during last 06 hours, and now lies near Latitude 21.9°N & Longitude 66.3°E at a distance of about 340km south- southwest of Karachi, 355km south- southwest Thatta and 275km south- southwest of Keti Bandar.
The favorable environmental conditions (sea surface temperature of 29-30°C, low vertical wind shear & upper-level divergence) are in support to sustain its strength through the forecast period. Under the existing upper-level steering winds, the VSCS “BIPARJOY” is now likely to recurve North- northeastward and cross between Keti Bandar (Southeast Sindh) and Indian Gujarat coast on 15 June afternoon/evening as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) with packing winds of 100-120 Km/hour gusting 140 km/hour.
