Lahore February 11 2022: Through Third-Party Access Rules (TPA), the private sector has been permitted to import gas and use available and declared gas pipeline capacity/system of existing network operators for transportation of such gas to their consumers by paying transportation tariff under access arrangements between the parties i.e. shippers and transporters.
The country gas market has already been opened up through promulgation of Third-Party Access Rules (TPA) [OGRA Gas (Third Party Access) Rules, 2018] and Gas Network Code with an objective to facilitate the growth of the national gas sector and to promote economic growth by enhancing competition in the gas market.
This arrangement will not have any impact on the ownership of the pipeline network. However, OGRA has allowed them to charge cost of service including the return on assets as approved by the authority from time to time. Transportation tariffs for services provided in the access arrangement shall consist of fixed (capacity) and variable (throughput) charges according to the type of service to be provided by the transporter.
