{
  "id": 111265,
  "title": "Mari makes first private gas sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/mari-makes-first-private-gas-sale",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-04T02:35:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2020475/mari-makes-first-private-gas-sale"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mari Energies has made history by awarding its first private gas sale, distributing approximately 17.5 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas from a new discovery in Waziristan to Universal Gas Distribution Company Ltd (UGDCL) for sale to select customers. This marks a significant shift in Pakistan's gas sector, as it is the first time under the Petroleum Policy 2012 and subsequent decisions by the Council of Common Interests (CCI) and the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) that gas producers have been allowed to sell 35% of new finds to private entities. UGDCL, which currently supplies over 40 mmcfd of gas to private customers, will now have a total portfolio of around 60 mmcfd after this addition.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}