Thar Sindh Coal Reserves
If All The Oil Reserves of Saudia Arab & Iran Put Together…. These Are Approximately 375 Billion Barrels,
But
A Single Thar Coal Reserve of Sindh is about 850 Trillion Cubic Feet, Which is more than Oil Reserves of Saudi Arabia & Iran.
These reserves estimated at 850 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas, about 30 times higher than Pakistan’s proven gas reserves of 28 TCF.
Dr. Murtaza Mughal president of Pakistan Economy Watch in a statement said that these reserves of coal worth USD 25 trillion can not only cater the electricity requirements of Pakistan for next 100 years but also save almost four billion dollars in staggering oil import bill.
Just 2% usage Of Thar Coal can produce 20,000 Mega Watts of electricity for the next 40 years without any single second of Load Shedding.
And if the whole reserves are utilized, then it could easily be imagined how much energy could be generated.
It Requires Just Initial 420 Billion Rupees Investment whereas Pakistan receives about 1220 Billion annually from Tax Only.
Chinese and other companies had not only carried out surveys and feasibilities of this project but also offered 100 percent investment in last 7 to 8 years but the “Petroleum Gang” always discouraged them in a very systematic way.
Petroleum lobby is very strong in Pakistan and they are against any other means of power generation except for the imported oil. This lobby is a major beneficiary of the increasing oil bill that is estimated above 15 billion dollars this year. Even the Government was planning to Sell all these reserves to a company at a very low price.
When Pervez Musharraf was president he gave green signal to embark upon the initiation of work on exploiting the energy potential of these coal reserves of Thar under a modern strategy.
Think About This, How We Can Help Our Home Land.
We should utilize this blessing in a good way and not sell all these to increase their bank accounts.