The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), () formerly known as Sui Gas Transmission Company Limited, is a Pakistani natural gas supply company based in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
, Pakistan.
History
It was formed in 1955. The company in its present shape was formed on March 30, 1989, following a series of mergers of three pioneering companies, namely
Sui Gas Transmission Company Limited,
Karachi Gas Company Limited and
Indus Gas Company Limited.
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Retrieved 19 June 2021
Sui Southern Gas Company is Pakistan's leading integrated
gas
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A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
company. The company is engaged in the business of
transmission
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and
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of
natural gas
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in southern part of
Pakistan
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- mainly in
Sindh
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and
Baluchistan
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. Sui Southern Gas Company transmission system extends from
Sui,
Balochistan
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to
Karachi
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,
Sindh
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.
[
The company also owns and operates the only ]gas meter
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manufacturing plant in the country, under an agreement with Schlumberger Industries
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, France
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. The Company is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange
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. On 11 January 2016, all 3 local city stock exchanges merged to form Pakistan Stock Exchange
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The PSX was established on 11 ...
.[Pakistan Stock Exchange formally launched]
Dawn (newspaper), Updated 11 January 2016, Retrieved 19 June 2021
Gas Shortfall
As of September 2020, a gas shortfall of per day is faced by SSGC.
See also
* Sui gas field
Sui Gas Field is a natural gas field near Sui in Balochistan Province, Pakistan that is operated by Pakistan Petroleum Limited. Sui gas field was discovered in 1952, its current production is per day at standard conditions.https://www.ppl.com.p ...
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) ( ur, ) was incorporated as a private limited Company in 1963 and later converted into a public limited company in January 1964 under the Companies Act 1913 of British India, now The Companies Act 2017 ...
* Sui Southern Gas Company cricket team
Sui Southern Gas Company were a first-class cricket team, sponsored by Sui Southern Gas Company, who played in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in Pakistan from 2007-08 to 2009-10, and from 2014-15 to 2018-19. In May 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Kh ...
*KSE 100 Index
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In determining representative companies to compute the index on, companies with the highest market capitalization are ...
References
External links
Sui Southern Gas Company Official Website
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Oil and gas companies of Pakistan
Natural gas companies
Natural gas pipeline companies
Companies based in Karachi
Energy companies established in 1955
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1955
1955 establishments in Pakistan
Energy companies established in 1989
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1989
Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange
Pakistani companies established in 1989