KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ke sarkari LNG daraamad kunindah ne sardiyon ke liye maae qudrati gas ke do cargo ki nayi boliyan talab kar li hain, jabke is haftay ke aaghaz mein us ne mehngi qarar di gayi peshkashen mustarad kar di thin. Aabnaye Hormuz ke atraaf rukawaton ke baais Khaleej se supply dabao mein hai.
Notice se mutaliq reports ke mutabiq Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) ne Jumeraat ko Karachi ki Port Qasim par delivery ke liye do cargo ka naya tender jari kiya, aik 14 se 16 December aur doosra 9 se 11 January ke liye.
Mangal ko band hone wale pichhle tender mein TotalEnergies Gas & Power dono windows ke liye sab se kam boli dene wali company thi: December ke liye 27.30 dollar fi million British thermal unit (mmBtu) aur January ke liye taqreeban 27.10 dollar. QatarEnergy Trading ne December ke cargo ke liye 31 dollar ki peshkash ki. PLL ne zyada qeematon ka hawala dete hue teenon peshkashen mustarad kar din.
Woh tender 4 November ko 1,40,000 cubic meter ke do cargo ke liye jari kiya gaya tha. Suppliers ki janib se mazeed waqt mangne par us ki aakhri tareekh 6 November se barha kar 10 November kar di gayi thi.
Sardiyon ki talab
Mustarad ki gayi peshkashen us 21.88 dollar fi mmBtu se kahin zyada thin jo Pakistan ne July mein aik cargo ke liye ada kiye the, aur reports ke mutabiq yeh Iran ke saath jang shuru hone ke baad se us ki sab se zyada qeemat thi.
Pakistan ki zyada tar LNG Qatar se aati rahi hai, lekin aabnaye ke raaste Qatar ki baramadat mahinon se mutasir hain, aur doosre mulkon ke khareedar taweel arse se takheer ka shikar muahidon se dastbardar ho rahe hain. Reports ke mutabiq Pakistan Qatar ke saath apne do taweel muddati muahidon ke tehat izafi cargo hasil karne ki koshish kar raha hai, aur Wazir-e-Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik ne Qatar ke Wazir-e-Tawanai Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi se tarseel barhane par baat cheet ki hai.
Reports ke mutabiq PLL ke sarbarah keh chuke hain ke Pakistan ko November se February ke darmiyan taqreeban 10 izafi spot cargo khareedne honge, jin ki qeemat Qatar ke muahide wali gas se taqreeban dugni hogi.
Sardiyon ke liye gas ki yeh talaash aise waqt mein ho rahi hai jab mulk ki gas companiyan regulator se zyada qeematon ka mutalba kar rahi hain aur hukoomat endhan ki farahmi jari rakhne ke doosre raaste talaash kar rahi hai, jin mein Kuwait ke saath zakhire aur supply ke intezamaat shamil hain. Khaleeji tanaza tawanai ki mandiyon ko kaise mutasir kar raha hai, is par hamara tajziya parhen: “Hormuz mein daawe tankeron se tez safar karte hain”.
