Abstract:Pakistan, a developing country, has gone through various phases of fonnulating gas pricing policies during its 4O-year history of natural gas production and consumption. This paper identifies critical factors that influenced gas pricing policies in Pakistan and adverse effects experienced when any of these factors was not given proper consideration. For instance, on the producer's side, discounted pricing fonnulas discouraged further exploration and development, leaving high-potential areas unexplored and disc… Show more
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