Power resources Flashcards
(17 cards)
Where is Coal found
Balochistan- Quetta coalfields
Sindh- Lower Sindh
Punjab-Salt ranges
KPK- Makerwal coalfield in salt range
Types of coal found
Balochistan-Cooking
Sindh- Lignite(low quality)
Punjab-Sub-bituminous to ligmite
KPK- Sub-bituminous
Uses
Sindh- Heating boilers in power stations
Punjab-Brick Kilns
KPK-Ceramics industry
to find mineral oil what is found between two non porous rocks
dome shaped anticlines
hat is set up to get oil
Oil rig
derrick
refinery
pipes
Oil refinery
Attock Oil refinery(Potwar Plateu)
Pakistan Refinery(Karachi)
National Refinery(Karachi)
Pak Arab Refinery company(PARCO)
2002 Parco’s project
White Oil Pipeline Project(WOPP)
northern areas-605 country’s petrolium consumption
When did Pakistan start drilling for Oil
1966
who made the first discovery of oil in Sourthern Sindh
Union Texas Pakistan
What are natural gases used as power
Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane
When was Sui gas found
1952
Pakistan Petrolium Limited(PPL)
When was Karachi Nuclear Power plant created
1971
HEP generates like
Outlet
Turbine
Generator
Magnetic field
How many sunny days in Pakistan
250-300
Where does Pakistan have Geothermal potential
Himalaya
Chagai
By UN and Italian experts
Tidal power
National Institute of Oceanography
(NIO)
170km Indus Delta
Rural areas electrified in 2012
171,090
