{"id":48087,"date":"2014-03-06T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=48087"},"modified":"2014-03-06T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:09:39","slug":"gas-reserves-in-pakistan-can-last-only-for-16-years-48087","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/gas-reserves-in-pakistan-can-last-only-for-16-years-48087\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas reserves in Pakistan can last only for 16 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48088\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48088 \" alt=\"Gas exploration going on: File Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gas-Exploration-Pakistan-Nationalturk-6-480x360.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gas-Exploration-Pakistan-Nationalturk-6-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gas-Exploration-Pakistan-Nationalturk-6-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gas-Exploration-Pakistan-Nationalturk-6.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gas exploration going on: File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>The gas reserves in Pakistan can last only for sixteen years.<\/h1>\n<p>Islamabad, March 6\/Nationalturk &#8211; There is more bad news for energy starved Pakistan as the country\u2019s gas reserves can last only for sixteen years.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Petroleum and Natural Resources minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told lawmakers in National Assembly (lower house of parliament) that the present gas reserves in the country can last only for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the current rate of daily gas production, balance recoverable reserves will last about 16 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said gap between demand and supply of gas is increasing with each passage of day because of depleting gas fields and increasing demand.<\/p>\n<h2>Pakistan facing acute energy crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Pakistan is facing acute energy crisis and power supply is supplied to people for less than 12 hours and gas supply is also not supplied regularly. The gas stations in the country remain closed for two-three days in a week, causing hardships to people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan government was taking several measures to overcome the shortage of natural gas,\u201d the minister said adding 48 new licences have been granted to 12 local and foreign companies for exploration of oil and gas in the country in last few years.<\/p>\n<p>He said the provincial governments have been directed to provide security cover and conducive environment to companies for carrying out gas exploration activities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Asia News<\/b><strong>\/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gas reserves in Pakistan can last only for sixteen years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,68,63,51,1,118,14],"tags":[42028,60404,65858,53638,47255,57607,6350,636,57629,56694,56695],"class_list":["post-48087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-business","category-daily","category-economy","category-general","category-hot","category-world","tag-energy-crisis","tag-energy-starved","tag-gas-fields","tag-gas-reserves","tag-lawmakers","tag-lower-house","tag-national-assembly","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-parliament","tag-pakistans-petroleum-minister","tag-shahid-khaqan-abbasi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}