The consumption of natural and liquefied petroleum gas has witnessed around 20 percent increase during eight months of the current fiscal year as compared to last fiscal year.
According to official sources during July-Feb, average natural gas consumption stood at about 3,837 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) including 632 MMCFD volume of Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas, compared to 3,205 MMCFD gas last year.
They said Pakistan has an extensive gas network of over 12,829 km transmission, 132,065 km distribution and 34,631 services gas pipelines to cater the requirement of more than 8.9 million consumers across the country.
Source: Radio Pakistan