Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has planned to conduct astudy to classify shale and tight gas reservoirs in the country as wereidentified by its initial investigation, reported a national daily.

The state-owned OGDCL conducted a ‘shale gas and tight gas’ study for IndusBasin, as a result of which 27 unconventionally focused areas weredelineated, which showed the presence of significant in-place shale gas andtight gas resources.

A report issued by the company said that the main objective of the study isto classify shale reservoir quality, determine and mapping of brittlenesson key reservoirs, and propose well trajectories in favorable spots.——————————

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According to the company’s website, OGDCL plans to drill its firstdedicated shale gas well soon. It may be notable here that domestic naturalgas production has been stagnant since 2000, and no new significantdiscovery has been made since then.

According to an OGDCL official, the company will carry out an extensiveexploration program, including fast-track seismic data acquisition,processing, and interpretation. The research will then be followed byactive drilling campaigns to replenish and augment hydrocarbon reserves andto ramp up oil and gas production in the country.

Pakistan has so far been banking on conventional oil and gas reserves, butefforts to explore shale deposits are expected to give a boost to energysupplies.