Pakistan:- New oil and gas reserves found in Kohat
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Baragzai X-01 well produces 225 bpd of oil, 1.01 mmscfd of gas
Oil industry
Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC), Pakistan’s leading exploration and production company, on Friday announced a significant oil and gas discovery at its exploratory well Baragzai X-01 (Slant), located in Kohat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
This is the second consecutive hydrocarbon discovery for the company as a day ago it found gas and condensate at Dars West-3 well located in Tando Allah Yar district of Sindh.
The fresh discovery has been made over the Lumshiwal Formation covered by the Nashpa exploration licence. During the Cased Hole Drill Stem Test (CHDST-04) conducted in the Hangu and Lumshiwal formations, the well produced 225 barrels of oil per day and 1.01 million standard cubic feet per day of gas through a 32/64-inch choke at wellhead flow pressure of 190 pounds per square inch.
Baragzai X-01 (Slant) was drilled on December 30, 2024, as an exploratory well to assess the hydrocarbon potential of multiple formations, including Lockhart, Hangu, Lumshiwal, Samana Suk, Shinawari, Datta, and Kingriali. The well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 5,170 metres into the Kingriali Formation.
Based on wireline log evaluations, three earlier Cased Hole Drill Stem Tests were conducted in Kingriali, Datta, and Samana Suk plus Shinawari formations, which had also resulted in oil and gas discoveries. The latest test over Lumshiwal further confirms the commercial viability and hydrocarbon prospects of the block.
Reference Link:- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2593761/new-oil-and-gas-reserves-found-in-kohat
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
