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ISLAMABAD: The Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) announced on Friday to have discovered reserves of crude oil, condensate and natural gas in its Karak Block’s Kalabagh Well in Mianwali.
In a statement issued here, the company said the hydrocarbon deposit was found in Kalabagh-1A ST1 Well. The Karak Joint Venture is operated by MPCL which holds 60 per cent working interest and the MOL of Hungary with 40 per cent share.
Also read: Large reserves of crude oil found in Sindh
The discovery is the company’s second success in the block, after its first major crude oil discovery at Halini Well-1 in 2011.
Tests said to have produced good results
The Kalabagh-1A ST1, spud-in on March 20, 2015, is the company’s second exploratory well in the Karak Block, drilled down to a depth of 3,003 metres in Datta Formation.
During testing, the well flowed gas and condensate in Datta Formation at a rate of 3.3 million cubic feet of gas per day and 160 barrels of crude with wellhead pressure of 694 Psi at 32/64 choke size.
“The gas discovery has an excellent heating value of 1144 BTU/SCF and its Condensate API is 52 @600F,” the company said.
It also said the well had been successfully tested in Samanasuk Formation, which also flowed gas and condensate at a rate of 4.68 million cubic feet of gas and 180 barrels of crude per day at a wellhead pressure of 926 Psi at 36/64, choke size with excellent gas heating value of 1128 BTU/SCF and Condensate of 58 @600F API.
The testing of Lockhart Formation flowed commercial quantity of Crude Oil @500 barrels a day with wellhead flowing pressure of 155 psig of 22 API @600F at 32/64 choke size.
Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2015
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Sep 19, 2015 07:59am
That's good news.
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Sep 19, 2015 09:42am
any idea how much it can contribute to daily use in the country?
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Sep 19, 2015 09:59am
If it's Mianwali then under PTI watch, so hopefully no corruption. The people should benefit. If we keep finding such discoveries, no need for TAPI pipeline. New pakistan rising.
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Sep 19, 2015 10:18am
Pakistan is lucky to have discovered. It can now offer to India.
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Sep 19, 2015 10:24am
@Zak Mari Petroleum is a Public Listed Company............Not a Subsidiary of PTI.
That Mianwali, from where PTI lost By-Election on IK's won seat, who won it in a RIGGED ELECTION of May 2013.
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Sep 19, 2015 10:52am
yep now mianwali will be transformed into a modern prosperous city with jobs for local...... Nope! nothing would change for its people, it would remain backward even all hills around it are discovetrd made of Gold, metro benay ge tu benay ge lahore main
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Sep 19, 2015 10:59am
good news.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:06am
@Zak If we keep finding such discoveries, no need for TAPI pipeline.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:22am
Now the political parties of the 3 provinces will be doing every thing to stop further development of the project as they did with the Kalabagh dam
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Sep 19, 2015 11:24am
Common people will still suffer. So it's not good news cuz corruption is wild spread in Pakistan
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Sep 19, 2015 11:34am
First show us the Gold & Silver of Chiniyot !!
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Sep 19, 2015 11:39am
@AH Pakistan uses some 420,000 barrels per day.
This well gave 160 barrels per day while testing according to the article.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:42am
The exploration firm will benefit the most out of it and take it back to their own country. No one knows, some corrupt politician has approved deal that the firm takes 70-80% of what is found and leave remaining for the state.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:45am
Last year there was a news that huge reserves of minerals found somewhere in Punjab. After that no news, hopefully this time it is not hoax news.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:46am
guess pakistn is on the rise, with Chinese corridor and oil, pskitan can supply oil to china, and maybe india too
now no need of uae
next economic superpower in the making
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Sep 19, 2015 12:10pm
While the rest of the foolish world is moving to renewable energy! Long live wise Pakistan!
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Sep 19, 2015 12:52pm
Looks like Mianwali need some DEMOCRACY
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Sep 19, 2015 01:01pm
@Zak ... Well Mianwali is in Punjab and also PTI lost the seat in re-election...
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Sep 19, 2015 01:04pm
This is not good. Oil reserves in Punjab will further strengthen that province. KP should demand to take Mianwali from Punjab and add into their province.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:18pm
@Muhammad Imran Yousafzai LOL, a good reply
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Sep 19, 2015 01:23pm
Too much technical stuff in the article. Just tell us in simple English how much gas and oil is discovered.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:33pm
Congratulations. Be a pioneer in our region and bring petrol to 20 Pakistani rupees a litre !!
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Sep 19, 2015 01:38pm
Just like they found huge deposit of gold near Chiniot. We live in a fool's paradise.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:41pm
Oil & gas exploration was one of IMF's recommendations to solve energy-sector problems. PMLN has turned over the economy and is on right track.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:46pm
@Zak The quantities stated are very small. As such, the need for TAPI will remain. Anyone familiar with the Oil & Gas knows Pakistan growing needs require Iran Pakistan as well as TAPI.
Moreover, PTI has nothing to do with it. Such explorations are done by International companies , some of which form joint venture with Pakistani Companies. All of them follow the agreements and Terms and Conditions stipulated by OGDC etc. Nothing to do with any political party.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:47pm
@Muhammad Younas All benefit go only to Punjab. Other province will not get anything.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:53pm
@Lafanga If you want in layman terms then this oil and gas will last for a million years and so will the rule of Pakistan over the world as only Hyper Power.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:07pm
Pakistan does not have large oil deposits by nature. Geology of Pakistan suggests it is unlikely. But it is possible to find good natural gas reserves sufficient to help domestic needs. Large parts of Pakistan have not been survey seismologically because of miscellaneous reasons. Like political, law and order, lack of investment, government policies and lack of road infrastructure. This well indicates presence of deposits in that area and suggests likelihood of further successful discoveries. If modern techniques are used, it can lead to good output and take pressure off from imports. However it is not likely to make Pakistan an exporter of gas or oil.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:12pm
great news for the people of Pakistan and its economy
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Sep 19, 2015 02:13pm
It is shame that it is discovered now. So far it was safe from the corrupt politicians and government officials. I wish it was discovered later when country is cleaned out of corruption.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:15pm
This is just an indicator discovery of no commercial value because 160 barrels per day cannot meet the minimum pumping costs. However, it gives an idea for further explorations
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Sep 19, 2015 02:17pm
@Zak : It is good news but it is a very small quantity. We need multiple discoveries like this one to meet our domestic needs
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Sep 19, 2015 02:31pm
@Zak Me think, Mianwali is in Punjab, so probably out of the jurisdiction of the Great Khan.
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Sep 19, 2015 03:00pm
@Zak Minawali is in punjab.
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Sep 19, 2015 03:03pm
@Zak it's under PTI so it's just gonna be talked about and nothing will be done over it, and eventually there will be complaints against some sort of PMLN conspiracy as to why no work has materialized on the project. Btw the reserves are in Kalabagh, sound familiar? OH RIGHT!!! They were lobbying to build a San there during their campaign. Help the nation he says, good one!
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Sep 19, 2015 03:03pm
Mianwali we love you you have all natural resources we say welcome www.mianwali.com.pk
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Sep 19, 2015 03:47pm
@Bitter truth Rest of the world is not exclusively focusing on renewable energy. All the developed countries including USA,UK are giving lot of emphasis on the SHALE Oil and SHALE Gas production which is not at all environmentlly firendly. So is the case with Canadian SAND Oil. While processing their waters are being polluted with heavy metals. Even then theri government is continuing production.
Please study before you start commenting and writing on any subject. We always criticize our goverment, institutions, departments for everything, we are compulsive critics (negative) by nature when it comes to our country.
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Sep 19, 2015 04:43pm
4 MMSCFD is not a big discovery, but Btu is fine. Samanasuk formation in mianwali is not that much thicker.
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Sep 19, 2015 04:55pm
Shouldn't have disclosed,
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Sep 19, 2015 05:01pm
@ak The price could have been much cheaper if all our govt burocrats, ministers and their people wouldn't have used it for ZERO RUPEE PER LITER!
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Sep 19, 2015 05:04pm
@Nasir as I said, " if we keep finding such discoveries....". Perhaps with other future finds, we will have more than TAPI can provide. We could even sell to India , once UN kashmir plebiscite is carried out.
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Sep 19, 2015 05:18pm
Congratulation to all our country men in general and inhabitants of distt: Mianwali in particular. It can be discovered earlier but however late is better than never. BY such discovery people will not only get job but present energy crises would be lessen to some extent. its progress should be visible unlikely to chinot gold reserves ,the out put which is still dorment.we hope maximum efforts would be made to make these projects corrouption free , so country could be developed in the commity of world.
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Sep 19, 2015 05:25pm
@Zak The companies who are working and discovered the gas are well reputed multinational companies and there is no corruption here....only corruption found in energy sector is in KPK where the citizens think its their right to not pay electricity bills
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Sep 19, 2015 05:26pm
@rich 160 BPD oil only sufficient for two petrol pumps in Karachi
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Sep 19, 2015 05:53pm
When will it come into commercial production?
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Sep 19, 2015 06:28pm
Will it make any difference. Nigeria have oil but they still thrid world country with same problem lke Pakistan. Petrol will not solve any priblem . Our problem is population , hate for democracy and false race superiority base on language .
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Sep 19, 2015 06:39pm
For God sake don't mislead people and let them know that the quantity explored is only 0,0003 % of our domestic needs of oil. It is not even worth mentioning. Whole years production together can't even buy one single bullet-proof car for a minister.
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Sep 19, 2015 07:16pm
The question is when will it go int o commercial production, if ever.
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Sep 19, 2015 07:18pm
Every two months PK discovers something but nothing comes out of it. Rest assured this too nothing will substantiate and PK will still be energy starved
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Sep 19, 2015 07:23pm
they made such discoveries some 30 to 40 years ago in Mianwali . then they left things in middle . that was my hometown . nothing happened after that.
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Sep 19, 2015 07:27pm
@Zak IK is fed up with corruption in his own party in KPK and could not safeguard the people mandate in the election from the plunderers and looters of PMLn. How can he save the oil assets from them in Punjab.
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Sep 19, 2015 07:29pm
@ Hasan Excellent
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Sep 19, 2015 08:26pm
@ZAK, Pakistan is not that huge to know where is Mianwali.
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Sep 19, 2015 08:51pm
Lafanga - You want to know in simple English? Okay...here it is. The truth is that Pakistan has a lot of natural wealth, be it gold, copper, oil and gas or other things. But another truth is that you have the lousiest political leaders in the world. I admit that Indian politicians are VERY corrupt. But Pakistani politicians are corrupt and also incompetent.
You have coal in Thar and that we in India also know. But we also know that you can't mine your own coal efficiently. The Chinese will have to do it. As we say in India "Iman aur niyat dono mein kami hai".
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Sep 19, 2015 09:19pm
There is much more under Pakistani soil, it just need to be discovered instead of focus on imports with heavy kickbacks. Allow drill more wells for oil and gas, we may not have to import 70% of fuel at all!
Sincere governance is required to tap Pakistan mineral resources.
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Sep 19, 2015 09:21pm
Is it really a big news?? i mean 160 barrels a day in a country which consumes 420,000 barrels per day!
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Sep 19, 2015 10:05pm
@M.Saeed Its feasibility mainly rely around gas and not the oil, which is just condensate (light hydrocarbon and not the heavy crude). Oil will come with the gas and additional efforts to recover oil will not be required.
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Sep 19, 2015 10:43pm
@Zak dear it is in punjab
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Sep 19, 2015 10:56pm
Since 1947, my founder of Pakistan Qaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinah already said, my beautiful land has alot of natural resources, just we need to be do hard work with honesty, Pakistan will become a powerful country in the map of entire world.
And what our Qaid said, whom i trust his words till now..
Today, i we have seen, uriniuam,gold,silver,diamond,gas,crude oil,coal,gipsim,salt,..etc
long live my land Pakistan.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:39pm
Very good and heartening news indeed. Local population should be given preference to benefit from the discovery.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:45pm
Very good start but much more potential still needs to be discovered!
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Sep 20, 2015 01:30am
@LAFANGA
In simple English, the discovery is pending investigation as to whether it is commercially viable or not.
R.S. Menon, Bangalore
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Sep 20, 2015 01:43am
Congratulation Pakistan ! This is just the beginning !
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Sep 20, 2015 07:11am
180 barrels a day ? that couldn't even run riksha's in mianawali for a single day
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Sep 20, 2015 09:21am
@ Hasan mianwali was part of KP and bannu division. but was later annexed by punjab. i think the boudary should be river indus.
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Sep 20, 2015 09:27am
Small fields can be used to train technicians and pay the cost of research and developments .é
Pakistan needs technical manpower in all branches of human endeavour.Small oil or gas fields may not be able to be exploited commercially.But they can still be used for the training and development of technical manp00wer.If luck gives you only lemons try to convert it into lemonade.
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Sep 21, 2015 04:21am
@Zak Our Iranian,Omani,Qatari brothers are already supplying to India, they will not allow any new dealers to come in between them
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