OGDCL discovers oil and gas in Pakistan’s Sindh Province
Dec. 22, 2022
Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd. (OGDCL) has discovered oil and gas at the Kot Nawab-1 exploration well in Sinjhoro block in Sanghar district of Sindh province in Pakistan.
Kot Nawab-1, the 11th discovery in the block, was spudded on June 3, 2022. The well was drilled down 3,000 m. Based on wireline logs interpretation, drill stem test-1 in the Basal sand has tested 125 bo/d, 0.483 MMscfd gas, and 400 b/d water through a 28/64-in. choke at 150 psi well head flowing pressure.
OGDCL is operator of Sinjhoro block (76%) with partners Orient Petroleum Inc. (19%) and Government Holdings (Private) Ltd. (5%).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
