Gas output halves in 10 years, says SSGC chief

SSGC has limited household gas delivery to breakfast, lunch and dinner periods as domestic production declines, Dawn reported on November 15. Managing Director Muhammad Amin Rajput said national gas output had dropped by about 50 per cent over the past decade, while SSGC’s available supply was roughly 605 million cubic feet per day, down from 695mmcfd a year earlier.

About 300mmcfd of SSGC’s available gas goes to households, with the balance serving industry, power and fertiliser users. Rajput also cited reduced RLNG availability from Qatar and said the company had renewed about 7,000 kilometres of distribution pipes in 2025-26, mostly in Karachi. He attributed local low-pressure complaints to illegal compressors and suction pumps, while noting that SSGC serves 3.2 million customers across Sindh and Balochistan.