The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) is all set to inject 100 million cubic standard feet per day (mmscfd) gas into the system, along with 400 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and 4,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
“Overall, the government has planned to add at least 180 mmscfd of natural gas into the national transmission system for the current season to meet growing energy needs,” official sources told APP.
OGDCL recently achieved crude oil production of 50,157 bpd.
“The company will try to raise its production further to help meet the energy shortage,” sources said. The OGDCL has already embarked on a course of aggressive exploration, and seismic operations are being carried out in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Seismic crews are working in Balochistan at Pasni, Gwadar, Kharan, Zhob, Musa Khel and Lasbela.
Seismic activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATAs) are also in full swing in Latambar Block.
“The company is hopeful that the ongoing exploration will lead to new discoveries and fortify the OGDCL’s reserves portfolio besides ensuring long term sustainability of the organization and meeting the country’s energy,” the sources said.
Answering a question, they said that the OGDCL had set the target of drilling 25 new wells in all provinces during the current financial year.
Replying to another question, the source said oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies operating in different parts of the country drilled 319 wells and made 91 finds during the last three years.
During the years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, the companies spud 51, 51 and 46 exploratory wells respectively, enabling the current government to add 944 mmcfd of gas into the system, out of which 466 mmcfd came from new discoveries and 478 mmcfd from existing wells.
The sources added that there was an increase of 32,000 bpd in crude oil production. “The drilling figure is 40 percent higher than it was three years ago,” they claimed.
In 2015-16, 46 exploratory wells were drilled including one each in Barkhan, Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Bugti, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Sukkur, Tando Allah Yar and Thatta, two each in Ghotki, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Mitiari, Rahimyar Khan, Sujawal, three in Khairpur, five in Badin, six in Tando M Khan and 11 in Sanghar.
In 2014-15, companies drilled 51 exploratory wells, out of which one each was in Mirpur Khas, Sukkur, Sujawal, Rahimyar Khan, Jamshoro, Hangu, Chakwal and Attock, two each in Dadu, Dera Bugti and Kohat, three each in Tando M Khan and Mianwali, four in Mitiari, seven in Sanghar, eight in Badin and nine in Tando Allah Yar.
From 2013-14, 51 exploratory wells were spud, out of which one each was in Rawalpindi, Mastung, Kohat and Barkhan, two each in Hyderabad, Naushahro Firoz and Thatta, three each in Tando
M Khan, Tando Allah Yar and Mitiari, four in Khairpur, 10 in Sanghar and 14 in Badin, the sources said.
The sources said that the discoveries made by E&P companies during the period showed increase in the success rate of drilling from 31 percent to 55 percent.
They said that the current government had so far added 944 mmcfd of gas to the system out of which 466 mmcfd came from new discoveries and 478 mmcfd gas from existing wells.