SSGC mulls suspending gas supply to industries on Saturday amid shortage

The Sui Southern Gas Company is considering shutting gas supply to the industries on Saturday to provide relief to the consumers, the officials said on Wednesday.

Authority said gas supply situation is getting better in Karachi after restoration of 25 mmcfd to 30 mmcfd of natural gas from wells.

Earlier, a gas utility spokesperson said that as an unexpected cold snap swept across Pakistan, households in Sindh and Baluchistan faced a sudden surge in natural gas demand, pushing the SSGC into emergency measures to protect the domestic supply.

She said that the winter spike, driven largely by increased use of geysers and space heaters, raised overall consumption by roughly 10per cent. “To bridge the gap, SSGC diverted about 90MMCFD of reliquefied natural gas into the network,” she said.

However, the spokesperson said a rapid temperature drop in recent days caused a further, unanticipated rise in household demand, extending cooking hours and intensifying morning and evening peaks.