Pakistan's state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has rejected the two lowest bids received in a snap tender for liquefied natural gas, turning down offers from BP Singapore at $17.28 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) and TotalEnergies at $16.98 per mmBtu for deliveries in mid- and late May. The tenders were floated on urgent 36-hour notice as rising temperatures and power shortages intensified pressure on authorities to secure additional gas supplies. The rejections come amid ongoing disruption to LNG supply chains caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a critical shipping chokepoint between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf — following regional conflict, which had earlier prompted Qatar, Pakistan's main long-term LNG supplier, to declare force majeure on its global contracts.