Pakistan’s Oil & Gas Reserves Will Run Out in 10 Years: Ministry

Another alarming situation looms over Pakistan as the country’s oil reserves are expected to deplete during the next 10 years. Gas reserves are also expected to diminish after 13 years, if they are being used up at the current pace.

These alarming statistics were shared with the the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum  recently by officials at the Petroleum division. The meeting discussed the current state of reserves and was attended by several senators including officials from SNGPL, PSO, and SSGCL.

The Reserves

The Secretary (Petroleum) informed the Committee about the current state of the country’s oil and gas reserves. As per him, the current reserves stand at the following figures against their total demand in the country:

  • Pakistan has 1197 million barrel of oil reserves. Out of this, 865 million barrels have been extracted while 332 million barrels remain as reserves. At the current pace, the reserves will be able to meet the demand for the next 10 years only.
  • Out of the total 57 trillion cubic feet of gas discovered, 36 million has been extracted. The rest 21 million remains in the reserves that will be able to satisfy the demand for the next 13 years.

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The current demand for gas stands at 1000 million cubic feet per day which is expected to go up to 3,600 by 2030. As for the petroleum products, domestic production only meets 15% of the total demand. The country used 26.4 million tonnes of petroleum products in 2016-17 with 85% of it being imported.

Pakistan has a total of 8.8 million gas consumers with an annual addition of 0.5 million consumers. The Senate committee was informed that the government had collected $167.45 billion as petroleum levy during the 2016-17 fiscal year. Other than that, Rs 45 billion were collected on account of terminal capacity since 2015.

The Senate Committee didn’t seem happy about this collection and sought further details on the LNG agreement with Qatar. Details to be provided include the prevailing gas prices on the market at the time of bidding, as well as the companies that participated in the bidding process.

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  • Ha khatam ho jaye ga 10 years tak agar yeh america k agay kuttay ki tarah dum hilatay rahay gay aur wo hamaray reserves chup kar k transport kartay rahay gay… Agar hamari country nay use kiye to phir 50 years lagain gay…

    • Bhai mujhe aur aap aur baaqi sab logoun ko is baar bohat soch samajh kr vote dena chahiay.

  • Paani khtm, gas khtm, petrol khtm. Bhutto zindha ha, shair ek waari fair ha! Lannat ho hum pr, hum ne kya bna dia Pakistan ka!

  • Oil 10 saal main khatam ho jay ga
    Gas 13 saal main khatam ho jay gi
    In dono se pehlay , pani 5 saal main khatam ho jay ga
    Samander pakistan ka polluted ho chuka ha
    Zameen k nechay pani khatam ho chuka ha
    Lekin election lernay k lea poray mulk se hazaron soweron ne forms jama kerwa diay hain takay loot khasoot main apna hissa dal sakain aor jo oper di hui deadlines hain unko aor jaldi achieve kel len.

  • If gas runs out. Fertilizer companies run out of business (natural gas is the core ingredient for making fertilizer) no fertilizer made in country = imported fertilizer = high price = farmers purchasing power is reduced = expensive crops = pricier vegetables / rice / wheat etc.


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