ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced three new hydrocarbon discoveries in Sindh with a total estimated flow of about 52 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) and further claimed credit for achieving 101 discoveries in four years of its tenure.

Sharing details at a press conference, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Petroleum Exploration Limited (PEL), a private firm, made the gas condensate discovery in Badin-IV North exploration licence at Zainab-1 well in Tando Mohammad Khan district of Sindh province.

The well was spudded on June 3, 2017 and drilled to the depth of 2,700 metres. A successful Drill Stem Test (DST) was carried out which flowed at a rate of 24mmcfd of gas and 765 barrels of condensate per day through 56/64” choke size.