SSGC’s cutting-edge Gas Metering and Calibration Facility (GM & CF) was inaugurated by Imran Maniar, MD, SSGC in a simple yet impressive ceremony held at the facility located at the Company’s Karachi Terminal (KT). The facility was earlier known as the Meter Repair Shop. Saeed Rizvi, DMD (Operations), Madni Arafat, GM / Incharge – HSE and Shamail Haider, DGM/Incharge-HSE joined the MD in taking a guide tour of the facility, that over the years has transformed into a high precision unit, equipped with state-of-the-art INOTECH-iTF-3000-1-A and ACTARIS UT-2500 provers, ITRON UT G-400 calibration setup, Honeywell SNAP Model III/MMX, and Honeywell DTM-325 for meeting various gas meter calibration needs, while complying with international standards and OGRA regulations. Arshad Ahmed Qazi, CE / Incharge, Gas Metering and Calibration Facility took the management on a detailed guided tour of the unit.
The GM & CF has a capacity to prove or calibrate more than 400,000 domestic meters annually. It has an enhanced annual capability to refurbish 5,000 commercial and 1,000 industrial meters and has an established EVC refurbishment setup with a turnover of 700 units per year. The state-of-the-art facility has facilitated the pioneering Town Border Stations’ (TBS) upgradation and automation project in Karachi by promptly providing on demand Turbine Meters. Upgrading of mobile field provers is also being carried out by the Measurement Distribution Department. The Facility has achieved ISO 9001-2015 QMS certification with plans for ISO 17025 certification by 2025.
The GM & CF extends its expertise beyond refurbishment, offering technical support to various SSGC departments. The GM & CF team believes in continuous improvement and development through innovation, training, and collaboration with its regional facilities in Hyderabad, Quetta, Larkana, and Sukkur.
Moving forward, GM&CF is set to modernize its equipment fleet, introducing two cutting-edge Domestic /Commercial provers with capacity of 3000 cft / hr and one Industrial prover of 2,30,000 cft / hr by the end of FY 2023-24. Meanwhile, all regional GM&CF centres shall be equipped with automatic provers by FY 2024-25. This ambitious modernization aims to bolster capacity, technical strength, and operational efficiency.