The government has directed state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) to expedite development on five projects with a combined estimated capacity of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas, 8,500 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 525 metric tons (Mt) per day of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
An official source said that the government was following a proactive approach to overcome energy shortage, expected to cross 2bcfd during the upcoming winter season with domestic production of 4bcfd. The recent annual turn around at the Qadirpur gas field would provide an additional 80mmcfd by October this year. OGDCL has installed 14 reciprocating gas compressors at Qadirpur gas field to maintain the production of 550-600mmcfd of gas.
Development projects would also allow the company to re-enter the lucrative business of LPG. OGDCL is currently working on Sinjhoro and Kunnar Pashaki Deep in Sindh, Dakhni expansion in Punjab, Jhal Magsi and Uch II in Balochistan. OGDCL had decided to develop the Sinjhoro field by relocating Dhodak plant to the field along with installation of some new units like amine unit, feed sale gas compressors, sale gas metering skids. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed January 2012 that would enhance production flow of crude oil by 1,400 bpd, gas 15 mmcfd and LPC 50 Mt. The second phase is expected to be completed by April 2012 that would enhance the cumulative production flow to 3,500 bpd of crude oil, 30 mmcfd of gas and 150 Mt of LPG.
In the first phase of Kunnar Pashaki Deep Tando Allah Yar integrated development project, 1,100mcfd of dehydrated gas and 1,000bpd of condensate would be supplied to Sui Southern Gas Company Limited’s gas transmission network by end October 2011. The second phase would process 312 mmcfd of raw gas, including LPG extraction. The second phase is expected to be completed by August 2013 and gas production is estimated at 284 mcfd, 4,400 bpd of oil and 387 Mt of LPG and 400 barrels of natural gas liquid (NGL). The Dakhni expansion project is expected to be completed by December 2011. OGDCL has already received most of the equipment and installed it through its own resources. The incremental production after expansion would be 12 mmcfd of gas, 720 barrels of condensate per day, 80 Mt of sulphur per day and 12 Mt of LPG per day. The Jhal Magsi gas filed is located in Balochistan is a joint venture among OGDCL, Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) and Government Holding Private Limited (GHPL). OGDCL is the operator of the project. The project is under implementation, in which installation of dehydration, compression, H2S removal plant is required. Upon completion its expected production is 15 mmcfd of gas and oil production of 75 bpd.
The Uch gas field, located in Balochistan, was discovered in 1955 by Pakistan Petroleum Limited but was not developed because of its low BTU content. The field was reactivated in 1980s. To date 15 wells have been drilled and currently supplying 220-225mmcfd to Uch Power Limited via a 47 km pipeline at the first mega low heating value gas-fired 586 MW power plant. After completing a detailed study of the Uch gas field, a second plan was developed under which production at the field would be increased from 220 to 450 mmcfd, enabling to commit 200-220 mmcfd of gas for 14 to 16 years to a new power producer. This project involves the drilling of 15 additional development wells, installation of a gas gathering facility and installation of dehydration and hydrogen sulphide, (H2S), removal plant and gas delivery station. So far 12 development wells have been drilled. GSA with UPL has been signed. Gas supply for Uch-II is expected by September 2013.
