Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) (Urdu: سوئی ناردرن گیس پائپ لائن لمیٹڈ) was incorporated as a private limited Company in 1963 and later converted into a public limited company in January 1964 under the Indian Companies Act 1913 of British India, now The Companies Act 2017 of Pakistan, and is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.[2][3]
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Type | Public |
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PSX: SNGP | |
Industry | Oil & Gas |
Founded | 1963 |
Headquarters | Head Office in Lahore, Pakistan |
Area served | Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir & Islamabad |
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Products | Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution |
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Number of employees | 8,872 (2020)[1] |
Website | www |
SNGPL is the largest integrated gas company serving more than 7.22 million consumers in North Central Pakistan through an extensive network in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Main Transmissions regions of SNGPL are Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, and Wah. The maximum diameter used in transmission Pipelines is round about 42 inches. Company has 16 distribution regions.
SNGPL takes gas in 2 ways. The first one is 'System Gas' and the second is 'RLNG'. In the case of System Gas, the gas obtained from local resources is about 750-800 mmcd. While in the case of RLNG (Re-gasified Liquified Natural gas), we import gas from foreign countries in the form of liquid in a closed container. Then we re-gasify it and convert this liquid into gas. Its quantity is about 100 mmcd.
The Company took over the existing Sui-Multan System with 217 miles (349 km) of 16 inches (410 mm) and 80 miles (130 km) of 10 inches (250 mm) diameter pipelines from Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and Dhulian-Rawalpindi-Wah system with 82 miles (132 km) of 6 inches (150 mm) diameter pipeline from Attock Oil Company. The Company's commercial operations commenced by selling an average of 1.3 million cubic metres (47 million cubic feet) per day gas in two regions viz. Multan and Rawalpindi.[4]
Registrations
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Company Registration Number: CUIN-0043761
National Tax Number(NTN): 0801137-7
Unaccounted for Gas (UfG)
The Unaccounted for Gas (UfG) of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) is growing exponentially. The UfG has increased to 11.9 percent of SSGC in financial year 2020-21. The permissible limit of UfG is seven percent[5]
References
- "SUI Annual Report 2020" (PDF). sngpl.com.pk. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- Hussain, Dilawar (15 November 2001). "Sui Northern Gas Pipelines: CORPORATE PROFILE". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited: Looking up Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 15 February 2017, Retrieved 19 June 2021
- "SNGPL COMPANY PROFILE". 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Iqbal, Wasim (21 October 2020). "UfG of SNGPL and SSGC growing alarmingly". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 19 June 2021.