Comments on: PPL to start drilling in Arabian sea

By: g.a.shirazi

g.a.shirazi — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:38:06 +0000

Horizontal drilling and fracking should be applied in the old depleted fields in Pakistan. It is being done here in Oklahoma with great success.

By: ak32

ak32 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:14:07 +0000

better to live in a resources-poor and lame democracy, than to live under an oil rich despotic-permanent-dictator.
if there were no sui gas, then chances are balochistan would be peaceful.
natural resources are not always a boon. there is also a dark side.
better to hope and wish for a slow and steady educated mass who will create hi-tech stuff like say japan or korea.

By: Iqbal khan

Iqbal khan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:17:11 +0000

How does it make sense article says:
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The Pakistan Petroleum Limited, in collaboration with ENI, a foreign exploratory firm, is set to start drilling of a well in the Arabian Sea along Pakistani waters for discovery of oil.

My question is how it’s 100 km from Baghdad and yet it is along Pakistani water.Is my geography is weak or we have city called Baghdad in Pakistan. Help me guys.

By: Haider Ali

Haider Ali — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:10:52 +0000

Im not sure why Dawn is showing a oil platform on fire. This picture is of the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit in the Timor Sea. http://archives.dawn.com/archives/121871 Please at least show a picture of our oil rig.

By: ManF

ManF — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:54:38 +0000

Heading is for Pakistan details are about Iraq…

By: Rao

Rao — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:34:28 +0000

I agree with you The revenues from this oil wealth would help provide education, health services, infrastructure and eradicate(!!!!!) poverty etc etc. in Pakistan. I would imagine a small amount of revenues would go for the defence needs to eliminate terrorism, God Willing.

By: Ahsan

Ahsan — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:21:12 +0000

The article is making sense, the article is suggesting the PPL activities In iraq and Pakistan with there respective joint venture partners.

By: Pakistani

Pakistani — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:49:02 +0000

A number of attempts have been made in the past to discover oil and gas in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Karachi. However, such attempts have resulted in no discoveries. I agree that we have to do more but considering the cost involved in drilling one well in deep sea, the exploration companies are very cautious.
Making a sweeping statement that the nation has lost sixty-five years is very heartbreaking to say the least. I would like to know what contribution you have made in avoiding this loss of years to the nation or were you a part of it? Our people need to stop criticizing anything and everything. It is important that you understand before you criticize. Criticism is not bad but unnecessary and misunderstood criticsm is what hurts. We should understand the problem, then criticize it and then make sure something is done to correct it.

By: Nazir K Ali

Nazir K Ali — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:11:24 +0000

How about drilling of the coast of Karachi, Thatta, Gwadar, Pasni, Jiwani for a change. many years ago there was news of off-shore oil exploration off the Pakistan seaboard. WHAT HAPPENED? As usual. No project in our country is ever undertaken successfully. Pity the nation that has lost sixty-five years. Salams for 2013.

By: sraz45

sraz45 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:45:47 +0000

This article makes no sense at all. What are you talking about, drilling in Pakistani waters or drilling in Iraq? The writer seems confused. Shale formations hold great promise as has been the case here in the US. Large deposits of gas and petroleum have been discovered in the US, where the technogolgy was developed by a Texan who recently passed away. So Pakistan has all the possibilities to become an energy rich nation. Investment is the main hurdle. Law and order will bring that about if the government can provide that to the people who want to risk their capital.