State-owned Oil & Gas Development Co. of Pakistan and partners have started production from Sinjhoro natural gas field about 65 km northeast of Hyderabad City, Pakistan (OGJ Online, Sept. 4, 2009).
A partner, Ocean Pakistan Ltd. (OPL) of Islamabad, said a second phase of development will include start-up of a gas treatment plant and push production to 30 MMcfd of gas and 3,500 b/d of condensate. OPL said the license yielded 10 discoveries out of 17 exploratory wells drilled.
OGDC operates the field with a 62.5% interest. OPL holds 15%, and Government Holdings Pvt. Ltd. holds 22.5%.
