SSGC commissions new pipeline to enhance gas supply in Karachi West region

July 26, 2024 (MLN): The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has launched the commissioning of a new transmission pipeline to supply gas to the Karachi West Region, aiming to enhance service for its valued customers and meet their gas-related needs.

This 24" dia x 31 kms pipeline from MVA ACPL to SMS Surjani will largely address the issues of low-pressure supply of gas to the company's industrial customers located in the western region. The cost of the entire project is recorded as Rs. 3,859 million.

The project will segregate the low-pressure domestic and commercial consumers from high-pressure industrial consumers of SITE and Hub Industrial Areas.

The present demand of these industrial customers is around 130-140 MMSCFD whereas the future excessive demand is estimated to be 80­100 MMSCFD. Hence around 269 MMSCFD demand would be met through this new pipeline.

This pipeline will also serve as a feeding source of 16" dia x 5 kms pipeline from SMS Surjani to Madinat­al-Hikmah, which is one of the 05 projects of SSGC's Master Plan for the expansion of the Distribution Network in Karachi.

Moreover, this project also includes modifications of Surjani Stepdown assembly that will result in more effective and efficient control philosophy, leading to better monitoring and control of Unaccounted-for-Gas (UFG) activities.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony organized by SSGC's Technical Services Division, Maniar highly appreciated the efforts of SSGC's engineers, workers and technicians deployed in the team dedicated for this project on completing it in the given timeline despite of extreme hot weather during last one and a half month.

He informed that the execution of this project will reduce UFG through two ways, i.e. reduction in the unwanted high gas pressures in the domestic sector and by improving pressures and volumes in the industrial sector.

The Managing Director attributed this remarkable achievement to the unified integration and dedicated team work of Projects and Construction (P&C), Planning and Development, (P&D), Transmission, Finance, Procurement, Stores, HSE&QA, L&EM, Security Services and Counter Gas Theft Operations (SS&CGTO) and Corporate Communication Departments.

Heads and executives of these departments were also present at the inauguration ceremony.

Amin Rajput DMD (F & A) / CFO, Ghulam Moeen Butt, ASGM (Technical Services), Brigadier (R) Muhammad Abuzar, DG (SS&CGTO) and Ghulam Ali Mahar, DGM-Incharge (P&C) also spoke on the occasion and lauded the exemplary commitment and dedicated efforts of concerned teams in commissioning this much needed project.

The ceremony was graced with the presence of the former Chairman of SITE Association of Industry Saleem Parekh.

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