Thar coal project to help meet country’s energy needs: PM

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Thar coal project to help meet country’s energy needs: PM

https://www.dawn.com/news/1483195/thar-coal-project-to-help-meet-countrys-energy-needs-pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the federal government will extend all possible assistance to ensure success of the Thar coal power project because it was in national interest.

During a meeting on exploration and utilisation of Thar coal, Mr Khan said the project would help meet the energy needs of the country.

The prime minister was informed during a briefing that the Thar coal field was the seventh largest coal reserve in the world and had the capacity to produce 100,000MW of electricity for the next 200 years.

Mr Khan was also briefed on a mining project by officials of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company.

He was told about the social welfare projects launched by the Thar Foundation in the fields of education, health, vocational training and tree plantation.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

PM vows all-out support for Thar coal project’s success
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1975410/1-pm-vows-support-thar-coal-projects-success/

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the federal government would extend all-out assistance to ensure the success of Thar coal power project as “the project is in national interest”.


Chairing a meeting on exploration and utilisation of Thar coal at the PM Office, the Imran said, “The project will remarkably help overcome the energy needs of the country.”

The meeting was attended by Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan, Commerce Adviser Abdul Razzaq Dawood, Special Assistant to PM on Petroleum Nadeem Babar, SAPM on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, PM spokesperson Nadeem Afzal Chan, SAPM on Media Affairs Yousuf Baig Mirza, Power Secretary Irfan Ali, Hubco CEO Khalid Mansoor, Thal Nova Power CEO Saleemullah Memon and PPIB Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza.

During the briefing, the prime minister was apprised that the Thar Coal Field was the seventh largest coal reserve in the world with a capacity to produce 100,000MW of power for the next 200 years.

It was told that Thar coal reserves of 175 billion tonnes had the power production capacity equivalent to 50 billion tonnes of oil and 2,000 trillion cusec feet gas.



The prime minister was told that work on the first phase of Second Thar Coal Block had been completed and work on the second phase was in progress.

Utilising Thar coal, power units were being installed in different phases to cope with the country’s power needs.

The meeting was told that block-2 of Thar coal would start producing 5,000MW power by 2025 till the next 50 years.

The prime minister was also briefed on a mining project by Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company.

He was also apprised of the social welfare projects by Thar Foundation in the fields of education, health, vocational training and tree plantation.

The prime minister said Thar coal was a precious natural asset that had been ignored in the past.

On the request of different companies for federal government’s assistance regarding transportation, water supply and power transmission lines, the prime minister assured all-out cooperation from the federal government.

 

[Shah Khalid]

Enough Mr PM just enough Ok after the debacle in the Arabian sea you would be best advised to stop making rude jokes with the Pakistani people in the month of Ramzan

We are now just sick and tired of it

 

[Samlee]

Enough Mr PM just enough Ok after the debacle in the Arabian sea you would be best advised to stop making rude jokes with the Pakistani people in the month of Ramzan

We are now just sick and tired of it

Wo Brother!!!!!Come On Man Don't Lose Your Heart Like That

 

[Sunan]

Thank you Nawaz Sharif.Please some one tell IK to stop smoking what he smokes at least in Ramadan.His Gas debacle was funny but very bad for Pakistans image.

 

[Nothing]

Pakistan has surplus generation capacity. What is needed is transmission and recovery. Why invest in new power generation capacity ?

 

[AsifIjaz]

I believe we need to explore avenues where we can utilize these massive coal reserves, be it gas for fertilizer plants or conversion of coal into fuel for various sectors. The way oil prices are rising and with american itch to trounce iran and thus get trump reelected via the jewish control media houses, it will not be far when the LNG price and the price of gas from coal will be comparable.
Moreover thar can be utilized in a different way as well... Lets say we set up industrial units near mithi, thatta and supply them comparatively cheaper and uninterrupted electricity via wind and coal power plants. kind of setting up an alternative distribution company for export oriented industrial zone which will be generation cost + minimal line losses + a small profit... In a 5 to 7 years when wind and coal tariffs start falling, this may turn out to be cheaper than the rate of electricity provided by wapda.

 

[xyxmt]

Pakistan has surplus generation capacity. What is needed is transmission and recovery. Why invest in new power generation capacity ?

to turn gas production to coal production i am guessing

 

[Verve]

Why invest in new power generation capacity ?

To move from imported oil to local coal. Replacement.

 

[maithil]

Thar Coal, Reko Diq... These gifts keep on giving.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pakistan should have never made the Gas search as prime news topic
our focus should be coal extraction , coal power plants to make electricity.

Secondary focus should be clean nuclear energy

 

[AZ1]

Pakistan should have never made the Gas search as prime news topic
our focus should be coal extraction , coal power plants to make electricity.

Secondary focus should be clean nuclear energy

Why not. I would say take $1 billion loan and search for oil reserve in south Baluchistan with full security. We just have wasted $4 billion in metro crap project which will result in bad service and then will vanish in thin air in few years.

As for coal project I hear in the news cost will be higher even with the coal project for energy?

 

[CrazyZ]

Pakistan should have never made the Gas search as prime news topic
our focus should be coal extraction , coal power plants to make electricity.

Secondary focus should be clean nuclear energy

I agree that GOP is not prioritizing it's energy goals correctly. Speculation on offshore discoveries is not a policy. Thar coal, Shale oil/gas, hydro, solar, biomass, wind these are the priorities. I'm not a huge fan of nuclear.... risky and expensive in my assessment.... especially compared to solar in our irradiance zone.

With the current Iran-USA standoff might keep oil and lng price elevated. Not good for Forex. Thar coal gasification- fertilizer plant should be a priority. Shale oil/gas extraction a priority. Bio ethanol production to mix with petrol...a priority. Mass transit...a priority.

 

[gutto786]

Mr. Prime minister, Sir, Can there be any day when you will act normal?? Thar coal is a good project but when will IK learn to be behave like PM

 

[Indus Pakistan]

behave like PM

When he buys sub-lease of Avenfield Apartments, London. Give him more time to loot the money. Then he will behave like a proper PM.