ISLAMABAD – In a short span of four months, Exploration and Production(E&P) companies have accelerated their drilling activities in potentialareas across the countryand made 13 oil and gas discoveries under the ambitious plan of thePakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government to achieve autarky in the energysector.“The new finds have been made in all four provinces and their overall rateof gas flow is around 105.18 MMCFD (million cubic feet per day)and 5358 bpd (barrels per day) oil,” official sources in Petroleum andNatural Resources Division of the Energy Ministry told APP here.Giving a breakup, they said Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) made adiscovery in August in Sanghar district of Sindh, having flow of 23 mmcfdgas and 91 bpd oil.In September, the PPL found an oil deposit with initial flow of 313 bpd inChakwal district of the Punjab province.While the same company struck two back to back discoveries in the currentmonth (December 3 & 4) in Sanghar and Sajawal districtsof Sindh with flow of 18.6 mmcfd gas and 160 bpd oil, and nine mmcfd gasrespectively.Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) made a find in September inKohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, having preliminaryflow of 1.3 mmcfd gas and 550 bpd oil.Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) also contributed a discovery inSeptember in Kachi district of Balochistan province with flowof 1500 bpd oil.United Energy Pakistan Limited (UEPL) made five successful drills, one wasin Tando A Yar district of Sindh in September under which itfound oil deposit having initial flow of 1056 bpd, second and third were inTando M Khan district of Sindh in October with 6.3 mmcfdand 9.5 mmcfd gas flow respectively, while fourth and fifth were alsooccurred in Sindh province in October and December with 9 mmcfd and31 mmcfd gas flow respectively.Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) recently discovered an oil reserve inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa with initial flow of 27 bpd.OMV Maurice, an E&P company, discovered gas deposit in Ghotki district ofSindh in September with flow of 6.48 mmcfd.Answering a question, the sources said the petroleum division was inprocess of awarding more blocks to E&P companies totap existing potential of oil and gas deposits in different parts of thecountry.
In an unprecedented report, 13 new Oil and Gas Discoveries made in Pakistan
