Pakistan to import gas from Azerbaijan
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has decided to import additional gas from Azerbaijan in next few months in order to handle to the rising energy demand during winters.
Talking to a private TV news channel, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik has said that Pakistan would get 20,0000 tons of additional gas from Azerbaijan during the next two months to meet its demand in the country.
He further added that the Russian petroleum minister would visit Pakistan next month for holding negotiations on an agreement for the import of crude oil from Russia.
The state minister also said that) the government was working on TAPI gas pipeline project to import 1,300 billion MF gas yearly from Azerbaijan to meet the gas shortage in the country.
He said gas reservoirs in Pakistan were descending every year which caused additional pressure to import maximum commodity to meet the demand.
