Pakistan's Port Qasim to Get First Qatari LNG in January

Pakistan is expected to get its first commercial LNG imports from Qatar by second week of January 2015, according to Pakistani newspaper Daily Times.

Sheikh Imranul Haq Chief Executive Officer Elengy terminal of Engro said all the remaining work including jetty of LNG facility from the ships would be completed at Elengy terminal (Engro Vokak terminal) at Port Qasim by December 2014.

Total cost of the project, $145 million, was fully funded by the company, the newspaper quoted Imranul as saying.

LNG after off loading from the ship at the jetty and floating storage re-gasification unit at Port Qasim would be injected in the pipeline of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited system for onward supply, Daily Times said.