Oil- and Gas-Fired Plants in Pakistan

 

 

 

Bin Qasim
Location: Sind
Operator: Karachi Electric Supply Corp
Configuration: 6 X 210 MW
Operation: 1984-1998
Fuel: natural gas, fuel oil
Boiler supplier: B-H, BB, Ansaldo
T/G supplier: Hitachi, Ansaldo
Quick facts: The photograph is ca 1993 and shows the first five units.

Photograph courtesy of Karachi Electric Supply Corp
Posted 23 Feb 2003

Hub River
Location: Balochistan
Operator: Hub River Power
Configuration: 4 X 323 MW
Operation: 1997
Fuel: fuel oil
Boiler supplier: IHI
T/G supplier: Ansaldo
EPC: Ansaldo, Mitsui, IHI, Campenon Bernard
Quick facts: The plant near Hub Chowki, Balochistan, is a flagship independent power project and can supply over 10% of Pakistan's electricity. Fuel oil is delivered by a specially built 78km pipeline and power is delivered to WAPDA by a 180km, dual-circuit 500kV transmission line.

Photograph courtesy of K&M Engineering
Posted 29 Dec 2003

Saba
Location: Punjab
Operator: Saba Power Co Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 125 MW
Operation: 1999
Fuel: residual oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Toshiba
EPC: Babcock & Wilcox, National Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd, Habib Rafiq (Pvt) Ltd
Quick facts: This $90mn IPP was developed by Coastal Power Co in Farooqabad, Sheikhupura Dist. The plant was ordered in Aug 1996 and commissioned on 31 Dec 1999 and has a 30yr PPA with WAPDA. Debt financing for the project was provided by the US Exim Bank and commercial banks.

Photograph courtesy of Habib Rafiq (Pvt) Ltd
Posted 21 Nov 2009

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 11/21/09

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