OGRA builds real-time stock data system

The Express Tribune reported, citing official documents, that the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) is developing an online platform to collect fuel supply information directly from marketing companies and refineries. The figures will be drawn from the firms' internal resource planning software and from automatic tank gauging sensors that record stock levels. The aim is to make petroleum stock and supply data more accurate, dependable and current.

The platform has already been built, and integration of oil pipelines with ERP systems is under way, with completion expected by the end of September 2026. Once finished, the system is expected to sharpen the data used for planning fuel requirements and tracking supply chain operations. OGRA currently tracks stock availability but lacks a real-time ERP-based view of customs-bonded inventory, which falls under Pakistan Customs and the FBR under the Customs Act, 1969.

The initiative will also give the FBR and Pakistan Customs faster access to petroleum stock information. OGRA has already granted them access to its digital platform.