*ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Division (PD) of the Energy Ministry on Sunday saidthe results of four-month offshore drilling at Indus G-Block calledKekra-I, some 230-km off the Karachi coast, had shown good qualityhydrocarbon reservoir but unfortunately these were water wet.*
“After the well controlled operations, the 6″ Open Hole section drillingwas resumed on Friday .The reservoir was encountered at 5,492 meters and sofar about 140 meters of reservoir have been drilled. The log results show agood quality reservoir but unfortunately water wet without any gas effect,”a Petroleum Division press release said.
Current depth of the well is 5,634 meters ‘Managed Depth’ and as per theplan; while another 55 meters would be drilled before proceeding with P&A(plug and abandon) operations, which has already been approved by JointVenture Partners including Exxon.
The offshore drilling is a joint venture of ENI, Exxon Mobil, Oil and GasDevelopment Company Limited and Pakistan Petroleum Limited. The consortiumhad started drilling activities on January 13, 2019.
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On May 18, sources had said oil and gas reservoirs could not be discoveredin offshore drilling along the coast of Karachi.
Sources of the Ministry of Petroleum had said drilling had been stopped atKekra-I. They said drilling was done up to more than 5,500 meters.
