Islamabad: The government on Tuesday expressed its support for an automated petroleum sector to streamline the countrywide fuel supply, a news source reported. To this effect, the Petroleum Division has asked energy and technology experts to conduct a technical assessment for technology usage within the sector.
Sources revealed that following the development of an automated petroleum sector, the system would record real-time data of daily sales. This would help streamline the fuel supply and make the oil sector self-sufficient, in addition to saving the government millions on the petroleum import bill annually.
A Senior Petroleum Division official stated that the government wants to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply across Pakistan via recording daily sales at petrol pumps and oil depots. He added that it also wants to increase the technical and professional capacity of OGRA.
The Petroleum Division has also drafted a bill to legally bind the petrol pumps and oil depots so that the government could record their daily sales. Officials revealed that this measure would end the issue of artificial fuel shortage in the country.
Sources revealed that technical assessment of the automated system would reach completion within the next few weeks. They added that its development and deployment would take a few months.
