ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Hamad Azhar has said that 200,000 tons of heater oil has been imported for winter.
Government Minister Hamad Azhar said that because of popularity gauge, hazard of additional default in LNG cargoes and low stocks in power plants, 200,000 tons of heater oil was imported for winter, because of yearly conclusion of waterways and dams. Since the emanation of water has been diminished, so the plants running on heater oil are running and in the following not many days the utilization of heater oil will be 13 thousand tons each day.
On Twitter, he said that a few misguided judgments regarding heater oil should be explained. In summer, Pakistan confronted gentle lack of heater oil as power plants were running more because of less water in the dams when contrasted with the earlier year. Heater oil utilization was 116% higher than last year, neighborhood treatment facilities are creating half of that volume and IPPs’ stores are still underneath the necessary level.