Investor Presentaiton
ANNUAL REPORT
Province/Territoty
Sindh
Balochistan
Punjab
KP
AJ&K
Total
P
Private Power and Infrastructure Board
ANNUAL REPORT
Coal Potential in Pakistan
Reserves in
Million Tonnes
185,456
217
%age
99.7
0.11
235
0.12
90
0.04
9
0.004
186,007
Source: Pakistan Energy Year Book 2019
So far coal has played a significant role in reducing dependence on the Pakistan's useful but limited
supply of natural gas and to reduce burden on foreign exchange being spent on the costly import of oil.
Enormous deposits of coal exist in the country while further exploration in different areas is in progress
but so far, only a fraction of it is being utilized. The huge coal resources of the country can play a
important role in meeting the energy demand for long time. Previously, inavailability of reliable coal
was the main obstacle for attracting potential investors. However, CPEC being a true game-changer
has been a catalyst for developing this unaddressed chapter and now, several coal mining and power
generation projects are in process of development in Thar coalfield. Thar coal would help cut fuel
imports, saving precious billions of rupees of foreign exchange, and would also provide reliable power
round the clock to the national grid. Block-wise breakup of the Thar coal reserves is briefly defined in
the image below:
Private Power and Infrastructure Board
PPIB is actively playing its role for attracting private investments in this relatively a new chapter of the
energy sector, as previously only Lakhra Power Plant located in Jamshoro, Sindh was generating power
in the public sector utilizing indigenous coal of Lakhra coal mines which was commissioned in 1995
with an installed capacity of 150 MW. Except Lakhra, no other indigenous coal based power plant was
established in the country until the launch of CPEC, as a result sizeable private capital was injected into
several vital spheres of energy sector which include development of Pakistan's first private sector state
of the art transmission line project, hydropower and the Thar coal based power generation projects.
In order to achieve long awaited dream of utilizing local coal for power generation, efficient and
environment friendly power plants were planned on Thar Coal. In this regard, currently, five (5) projects
totalling 3,960 MW with around US$ 6 billion investment are being implemented by PPIB under CPEC
framework which are at different stages of implementation. These power projects are being developed
in the private sector and are at advanced stages, planned to be commissioned from 2019 through 2022;
and first of which has already started its commercial operations and presently stands 4th at NPCCs
merit order list.
SMW
1400
1200
1000
800
600
Specific Block/Field
Area Drill
(Sq.km) Holes
Reserves/Resources (Million Tonnes)
Total
Measured Indicated Inferred Hypothetical
400
Block-I (Sinhar
Vikian-Varvia
122.0
41
620
1,918
1,028
3,566
Block-II (Singharo
55.0
43
640
944
1,584
200
Bhitro)
Block-III (Saleh Jo Tar)
99.5
41
411
1,337
258
2,006
Block-IV (Sonal Ba)
80.0
42
637
1,640
282
2,559
Sub Total (Block I-IV)
356.5
167
2,308
5,839
1,568
9,715
Rest of Thar Coal Field
8,643.5 335
4,717
11,291
37,082
112,700
165,790
Total (Thar Coal Field)
9,000.0
502
7,025
17,130
38,650
112,700
175,505
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Thar Coal based Power Generation IPPs being
procssed by PPIB under CPEC
Project
Commissioned
Engro
Thar Energy
ThalNova
Shanghai
Oracle
Since, 99% deposits of country's indigenous coal reserves lie in Thar, Sindh plus other factors like
availability of better infrastructure and accesses to basic facilities, it is obvious to attract investors'
attention. In addition to Thar coal based projects under CPEC, PPIB is processing another two Thar coal
based projects which include 660 MW Lucky and 330 MW Siddiqsons project. All Thar coal based
projects which are being undertaken by PPIB as represented in below image, carry an overall
investment outlay of around US$ 7.5 billion.
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