Check How Much Gas SNGPL and SSGC Lose in Pakistan: 5.3% and 12.8%, and Who Pays

Short answer: OGRA's report for 2024-25 shows SNGPL lost 80 million cubic feet of gas a day, 5.3 per cent of its supply. SSGC lost 101 million cubic feet a day, 12.8 per cent. OGRA says any loss above the allowed limit must be paid by the company, not by you.

Not all the gas that enters a pipe reaches a stove. Some leaks from old pipes. Some is stolen. Some is never measured by faulty meters. The gap is a real cost, and the question is who pays it.

We downloaded the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) report, "State of the Regulated Petroleum Industry 2024-25", from ogra.org.pk on 14 October 2026 and read the natural gas chapter. All figures are from it unless marked as our own sums. SNGPL serves Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir. SSGC serves Sindh and Balochistan.

SNGPL lost 5.3 per cent of its gas and SSGC lost 12.8 per cent

OGRA's tables list "T&D losses", meaning losses in transmission and distribution. SNGPL shows 80 MMCFD out of 1,503 MMCFD. SSGC shows 101 MMCFD out of 791 MMCFD. MMCFD means million cubic feet a day. The percentages are our own division, and SSGC's matches the 12.78 per cent in the report.

The report does not say whether these figures equal what OGRA counts as "unaccounted for gas", or UFG. That is OGRA's regulated measure. So we cannot say if either company stayed within its allowed limit. We also cannot say why SSGC's share is more than double.

OGRA says the excess loss falls on the company

The report says OGRA sets a UFG limit for each company through a third-party study that looks at technical and non-technical causes. If a company goes above the limit, "the excess loss must be borne by the companies themselves and cannot be passed on to consumers".

That is OGRA's stated rule. It does not mean your bill carries no loss at all. The allowed part is built into the price that OGRA approves. We have not seen the limits for 2024-25, so we do not know how large that part is.

Where Pakistan's gas went in 2024-25

The country used 3,335 MMCFD in total. Power took the largest share, 30.22 per cent. Fertilizer plants used 23.36 per cent and homes 22.49 per cent. Captive power plants, which are factory-owned, used 7.98 per cent and general industry 6.39 per cent. The report says homes get the highest priority for uninterrupted supply under the Natural Gas Load Management Policy.

RLNG, which is imported liquefied gas turned back into gas, made up about 26 per cent of supply. Pakistan's total supply was 3,347 MMCFD. We cover the imported price in our report on OGRA's September RLNG price.

What you can check at home

The report says gas companies must check 2 per cent of their consumers at random for leaks each year. It also tells them to advise customers to use appliances that meet PSQCA standards. So a visit to your home is not unusual, but a bad smell should never wait for a visit.

1. Compare the reading on your bill with the dial on your meter each month.
2. If the bill is estimated or the meter looks stuck, follow the steps in why your SNGPL bill is estimated, minimum or stuck.
3. If you smell gas, call the 1199 helpline at once. SSGC treats a gas smell as an emergency, and you should not light a flame.
4. If you see a hidden or illegal connection, use the steps to report gas theft to SNGPL or SSGC.
5. For a bill or meter fault, file the complaint described in the SNGPL and SSGC complaint steps.

The size of each network

The report says SNGPL runs 9,389 km of high pressure pipeline and 151,419 km of distribution network for about 7.6 million consumers. In another place it says more than 7.3 million. SSGC runs 4,314 km of high pressure pipe and 49,955 km of distribution for about 3.2 million. Both companies together serve about 10.83 million consumers, according to the report.

Those figures are the companies' own. We did not check them against another source. For the rates you pay once the gas arrives, see Sui gas slab rates for winter.

Common questions

How much gas does SNGPL lose?

OGRA's 2024-25 report shows 80 MMCFD in losses out of 1,503 MMCFD, which is 5.3 per cent by our division.

How much gas does SSGC lose?

The report shows 101 MMCFD out of 791 MMCFD, or 12.78 per cent. That is more than twice SNGPL's share.

Do I pay for gas lost in the pipes?

OGRA says losses above the allowed limit must be borne by the company. A fixed allowed amount is built into approved prices, and we have not seen its size.

Which sector uses the most gas in Pakistan?

Power used the most, 30.22 per cent of 3,335 MMCFD. Fertilizer took 23.36 per cent and homes 22.49 per cent, and homes have first priority in supply.

What should I do if I smell gas?

Call the 1199 helpline at once and do not light a flame. SSGC treats a gas smell as an emergency.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked on 14 October 2026. We read OGRA's State of the Regulated Petroleum Industry 2024-25, mainly sections 3.1 to 3.5 and the sector tables, from the PDF on ogra.org.pk. The loss percentages for SNGPL and the whole country are our own sums. The scanned tables were partly garbled, so we only used figures that matched the totals. We did not see any UFG limit for 2024-25 and we did not verify any company's loss separately.