Pakistan Citizen Portal: sixty three 000 petroleum sector complaints resolved

Pakistan Citizen Portal: sixty three 000 petroleum sector complaints resolved

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division of energy Ministry has resolved around sixty three,000 complaints, got via Pakistan Citizen Portal during the primary 12 months of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) executive.

The complaints have been related to its connected departments and gas companies.

"The executive is dedicated to ensuring transparency in all public sector departments and making them conceivable and service-oriented entities, which is reflective from the incontrovertible fact that it resolved round sixty three,000 complaints just in a single petroleum sector," a senior professional told APP.

He also shared some particulars about efficiency of the Oil and gasoline Regulatory Authority (OGRA) that supplied around Rs107 million relief to patrons by means of addressing their complaints against two state groups, Sui Northern fuel Pipelines restrained and Sui Southern fuel business restricted throughout the ultimate fiscal yr.

The official stated the authority had obtained 7,082 complaints, out of which it determined 5,909 and granted gas connections to 635 complainants, providing hundreds of thousands of rupees' reduction to patrons with the aid of putting off their grievances.

OGRA offers with the complaints in opposition t licence holders under the grievance resolution technique regulations-2002 with none payment, which can also be sent through e-mail, on-line, fax and common post.

during the duration, he said, the regulatory body granted 9 licences to establish new Oil advertising corporations (OMCs), which would deliver around Rs4.5 billion funding for development of oil storage infrastructure in subsequent three years.

anyway, as many as six businesses have been allowed to initiate advertising and marketing of petroleum products after gratifying their duty of constructing oil storage infrastructure.

"the brand new entrants in the advertising enviornment will enhance the competitions, as a way to in the end improvement the consumers," he brought.

in a similar fashion, the official mentioned the authority granted a lot of permissions to OMCs and different companies for operations of their newly constructed oil storages and terminals at distinct places together with Sahiwal, Habibabad, Mehmoodkot, Machike, Daulatpur, Port Qasim, Shikarpur, Kotlajam and Pattoki.

 "The addition of recent oil storage will strengthen the oil supply infrastructure and back-up storage equipment of the country."

 OGRA, he stated, also issued a licence for construction of a brand new oil refinery, having potential to refine 200,000 barrels oil per day, for a period of five years, adding the ability would aid raise the country's refining capability.

within the container of Liquefied Petroleum fuel (LPG), the legitimate mentioned, the authority issued around ninety six licences for operations, advertising and marketing of LPG storage and filling plant life, construction of LPG auto refueling stations, storage and refueling of LPG, development of LPG air-mix plant life and distribution of air-mix LPG through, LPG storage and dealing with terminals, and developing LPG creation and storage facility besides authorizing two producers to supply LPG machine.