{"id":39128,"date":"2013-06-19T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T09:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=39128"},"modified":"2013-06-19T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T09:05:10","slug":"pakistan-discovers-new-gas-reserves-39128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/pakistan-discovers-new-gas-reserves-39128\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan discovers new gas reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39130\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39130\" alt=\"New gas reserves discovered in Southern Pakistan.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Pakistan-Gas-Nationalturk-19.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New gas reserves discovered in Southern Pakistan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>A huge reserves of natural gas have been discovered in energy starved Pakistan.<\/h1>\n<p>Islamabad, June 19\/Nationalturk- \u00a0In what could be termed as a good news for the country facing energy crisis, a huge reserves of natural gas have been discovered in Southern Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuge reserves of natural gas have been discovered in Sindh province of Pakistan. 39 million cubic feet gas reserves have been discovered during the drilling of wells in Sanghar area in Sindh,\u201d Pakistan\u2019s news channel Geo TV reported.<\/p>\n<p>It said according to initial estimates, 106.8 million cubic feet natural gas can be produced from the new gas serves.<\/p>\n<p>70 percent of natural gas reserves in Pakistan are located in Sindh.<\/p>\n<p>Officials termed the discovery as a good news for Pakistan and the energy sector of the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Pakistan&#8217;s economy hit by energy crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Pakistan has been facing energy crisis, which has crippled country\u2019s economy.\u00a0 The crisis is blamed on mismanagement of officials and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on February 23, 2013, Pakistan\u2019s then \u00a0Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim had warned that gas reserves in country\u2019s Sui and Qadirpur gasfields in country\u2019s restive Balochistan province would run dry by year 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Due to shortage of gas supply, country\u2019s filling stations remain shut in most provinces for two days under gas load management plan, thus causing grave inconvenience to general public.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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