Wali gas field supply injected into SNGPL's network
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Gas supply flowrate expected to rise to 20 MMCFD in future
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In a landmark development, injection of gas supply into SNGPL’s network from OGDCL’s newly discovered gas field, namely Wali (Bettani) in District Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, started on Friday.
The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) had discovered the Wali gas field last year. Accordingly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) had directed SNGPL to lay pipelines for the injection of gas from the newly discovered gas field.
The gas flow from Wali gas field will be processed at OGDCL’s facility before being injected into Sui Northern’s transmission system. The current gas supply flowrate from the gas field is 10 MMCFD, which is expected to rise to 20 MMCFD in the near future.
The gas is supplied via a recently constructed 50-kilometre long high-pressure pipeline connecting OGDCL’s processing plant to Sui Northern’s network at Kaka Khel, District Lakki Marwat. In addition, SNGPL also constructed a 16-kilometre-long gathering line at OGDCL’s request as a contractor.
Earlier, the SNGPL faced security issues during the construction of pipelines, but despite all the odds, the company efficiently managed to complete the construction of 66-kilometre-long pipelines of 8-inch diameter from Wali Well to Kakakhel Valve Assembly in the shortest possible time.
Both pipeline segments, consisting of a 16-kilometre segment from the well to the processing plant and a 50-kilometre segment from the processing plant to Kakakhel Valve Assembly, were successfully commissioned on June 14 and 15, respectively.
The on-time completion of the pipeline construction project for injection of gas, which carries significant national importance owing to the prevailing energy crisis, was only made possible through the guidance of the company’s Board of Directors and the current management, along with the steadfast dedication and hard work of SNGPL’s workforce.
