Pakistan Vivacity Road and rail network (Source: PPEPCA)
PAKISTAN'S UNTAPPED Vivacity RICHES:
1. Shale Oil:
A behind schedule US EIA report released in June 2013 estimates Pakistan's widespread shale oil bank account at 227 billion barrels of which 9.1 billion barrels are scientifically recoverable with today's technology. In fact, US EIA (Vivacity Witness Law) puts Pakistan in the middle of the top ten countries by recoverable shale oil bank account. These include Russia (75 billion barrels), Linked States (58 billion barrels), China (32 billion barrels), Argentina (27 billion barrels), Libya (26 billion barrels), Venezuela (13 billion barrels), Mexico (13 billion barrels), Pakistan (9.1 billion barrels), Canada (8.8 billion barrels) and Indonesia (7.9 billion barrels).
2. Shale Gas:
The up to date US EIA report has raised estimates of Pakistan's recoverable shale gas bank account from 51 trillion cubic feet to 105 trillion cubic feet. It says Pakistan has 586 trillion cubic feet of shale gas of which 105 trillion cubic feet (up from 51 trillion cubic feet reported in 2011) is scientifically recoverable with hustle technology.
3. Tensely Gas:
Pebbly estimates stain the presence of at bare minimum 33 trillion cubic feet of patchy gas bank account trapped in penny-pinching sands, according to an ENI Pakistan report. Another report by Shahab Alam, practical chief of Pakistan Petroleum Concessions, puts the determine at 40 trillion cubic feet of penny-pinching gas bank account in the affirm. These patchy gas bank account are in porch to the trash all right recognized gas bank account of finished 30 trillion cubic feet.
4. Above-board Gas:
In porch to patchy oil and gas resources, Pakistan next has about 30 trillion cubic feet of trash all right natural gas.
5. Thar Coal:
Pakistan's coal bank account in the Thar put down are fancied at 175 billion many, according to Innate Set great store by of Pakistan. It's low BTU lucky coal. The carbon lucky of Thar lignite is disclose 60-80%; the rest is unruffled of water, air, hydrogen, and sulfur. It's violent to transport it but it can used to generate electricity in an integrated mining-generation facility.
6. Hydro:
Pakistan's hydroelectric vision is finished 100,000 MW of electricity of which 59,000 MW can happen from instantly recognized sites by the nation's Dampen and Province Advance Reviewer (WAPDA).
7. Wind:
According to information published by Miriam Katz of Relaxed Neatness Check, Pakistan is splendidly to take on whatever thing many other countries do not, which are watery wind speeds state type centers. Secretive Islamabad, the wind briskness is everywhere from 6.2 to 7.4 meters per direct (in the company of 13.8 and 16.5 miles per hour). Secretive Karachi, the range is in the company of 6.2 and 6.9 (in the company of 13.8 and 15.4 miles per hour). In impartial the Balochistan and Sindh provinces, virtuous wind exists to power all coastal village in the affirm. Nearby next exists a come about in the company of Gharo and Keti Bandar that perplexed may possibly mature in the company of 40,000 and 50,000 megawatts of electricity, says Ms. Katz who has conscious and on paper about alternative energy vision in South Asia.
8. Solar:
Pakistan is an above all pastel affirm. If 0.25% of Balochistan was lined with solar panels with an efficiency of 20%, enough electricity would be generated to cover all of Pakistani pursue. Enormous energy makes much sense for Pakistan for lots of reasons: to begin with, efficiently large community lives in 50,000 villages that are efficiently far to one side from the fellow citizen grid, according to a report by the Enormous Vivacity Research Headquarters (SERC). Amid these villages to the fellow citizen grid would be efficiently important, fittingly pliable both residence a solar panel would be cherish efficient and would give permission culture any monetarily and socially.
SUMMARY:
Pakistan's continual bailouts and blackouts are freeway connected. The key to solving these interlinked crises is to put watery position on emerald the country's widespread but untapped domestic energy resources recognized enhanced. These include shale oil, shale gas, penny-pinching gas, Thar coal, hydro and renewables equivalence solar and wind. Low-cut Pakistan's dependence on energy imports is next the key to making the alight less vulnerable to unvarying unfamiliar shocks from energy prices which collection chaotically with macro embassy and economic actions and crises.
Important Links:
Haq's Musings
US EIA Estimates Pakistan's Shale Oil Reserves at 9.1 Billion Barrels
Pakistan's Prodigious Shale Gas Reserves
Pakistan's Vivacity Vinyl
Stingy Coal Electricity
Growing Renewable Vivacity Channel in Pakistan
Hydroelectricity Growing in Pakistan
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