Crackdown against LPG safety violations

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Tuesday announced that it had launched a crackdown against theft of gas, illegal decanting and mixing of carbon dioxide (CO2) with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in three provinces — Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a statement, Ogra said it had taken serious notice of the violation of safety standards in the operations of LPG and had moved different teams to visit identified areas and take action under the rules against such practices, including illegal decanting, theft of gas and mixing CO2 with LPG. It said the CO2 mixing with LPG had been traced in various locations of Sindh province, especially at Khairpur, Ghotki, Pano Aqil and Ranipur. In addition, substandard cylinders were manufactured in different places in Gujranwala.