Tag: Exploration

PPL announces gas discovery in Sanghar

    Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), the operator of Gambat South Block, on Friday announced another gas discovery at its exploration well, Hadi X-1A, located in...

OGDCL to add 125mmcfd of gas to the system next month

  Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is preparing to add 125 mmcfd (million cubic feet gas per day) of gas to the national...

OGDCL’s efforts yielding results

  The public sector company-Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is effectively contributing to overcome the country’s growing energy needs, spudding four wells during...

Use it or lose it!

Govt takes action against inactive companies in oil, gas sector Federal government has tightened the noose around exploration and production (E&P) companies for failing to...

Government’s efforts in oil, gas sector yielding results

  The government is taking concrete measures to meet the country's growing energy needs, surging oil production to around 100,000 barrels per day, official sources...

Chinese companies encouraged to invest in oil, gas sectors

  Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that the government was offering good opportunities for investment in energy sector...

Hello Curiosity, farewell Neil Armstrong: the year in space

Every year marks beginnings and endings, but when it comes to space exploration, 2012 ranks as a big year for both starts and stops....

Happy to explore something new: Sharapova

The tennis world can't get enough of the grace and poise that Maria Sharapova brings to the court. She was all elegance as she...

Iraq finalizes Pakistan oil and gas exploration deal

Iraq Monday finalized an oil and gas exploration contact with Pakistan Petroleum, the first of three deals Baghdad will conclude with international firms this...

Space exploration beneficial: SSUET

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), in collaboration with Karachi University (KU), scheduled National Conference on Space Sciences on October 9. The conference...

Govt to spend Rs 8.6m on ores exploration

Punjab government will spend Rs 8.6 million on exploration of minerals and ores across the province during the current fiscal year. “Pakistan has...

Iraq initials exploration deal with Pakistani firm

Iraq initialled a gas exploration deal with Pakistan Petroleum on Sunday, a senior official said, the first of three successive contracts aimed at increasing...

PP wins bid for Iraq gas exploration block

Pakistan Petroleum Thursday won a bid for a 6,000 square kilometre (2,316 square mile) exploration block which is thought to contain gas covering Diyala...

Energy shortage affects Pakistan’s economy

Pakistan's economic growth has been adversely effected by acute energy shortage, in the recent past. From indigenous gas the energy mix is tilting away...

Security, circular debt taking toll on exploration, development of oil and...

The search for new hydrocarbon reservoirs in the country has started to show some signs of recovery as 12 exploratory wells were drilled in...

Petroleum policy to incentivise exploration

Petroleum policy 2011 is to further incentivise the exploration and production companies and encourage drilling activity in the energy starved country. As per reports,...

Pakistan seeks American investment in gas exploration

Pakistan has sought financial and technical assistance from the United States for expediting exploration and production of the country’s natural gas resources as an...