KARACHI: The management of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and leading CNG associations of Pakistan have agreed to close CNG filling from 9 a.m. on Monday (July 11, 2011) till midnight of Tuesday (July 12, 2011) due to the annual-turn-around (ATA) of OMV Pakistan-operated Kadanwari gas field.
This decision was taken at a meeting called by the SSGC management with the CNG associations at its head office here Wednesday to take the stakeholders into confidence over the 2-day closure.
The SSGC was represented by Zuhair Siddiqui, DMD (Corporate Services), Salim A. Mughal, SGM (Distribution-South) and Shoaib Warsi, SGM (Distribution-North). Head of leading CNG Associations of the country including Abdul Sami Khan, Chairman, CNG Dealers Association, Junaid Esmail Makda, Central Chairman, All-Pakistan CNG Association and Malik Khuda Baksh, Chairman of CNG Station Owners Association also attended the meeting.
Kadanwari Field, which supplies 200 mmcfd of natural gas to SSGC, will be undergoing annual operational maintenance from July 8 to 23 directly reducing the company's capacity to serve its customers in meeting their normal gas requirements.
In view of this extraordinary situation, SSGC has taken several steps to maintain normal supplies to its customers including requesting the CNG stations to observe closure for 2 days. In addition, SSGC has also requested the industrial sector to use the natural gas with purpose by voluntarily curtailing their gas consumption by 10% during the above mentioned period.
The company regrets the inconvenience which will be caused to its customers during this ATA but would like to assure its valued customers of its untiring efforts in providing them best of services at all times.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
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