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ISLAMABAD: Thirteen new oil and gas reservoirs have been discovered in the country since August 2018.
According to documents available with the Express, a total of 5,358 barrels of oil per day and 105 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) gas would be obtained from these reservoirs.
The largest number of reservoirs –nine- were discovered in Sindh, two in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one each in Balochistan and Punjab.
According to the documents, a reservoir with production capacity of 91 barrels of oil and 23 MMCFD gas had been discovered at Badeel in Sanghar district of Sindh, while the reservoir with a capacity of producing 313 barrels of oil a day has been discovered at Tala Gang, Chakwal in Punjab.
Similarly, a reservoir with a production capacity of 550 barrels of oil per day and 1.3 MMCFD gas has been discovered at Chanda, Kohat in K-P.
Another oil reservoir with a production capacity of 1,500 barrels of oil per day has been discovered in Kachhi district of Balochistan.
An oil reservoir Gul Sher has been discovered in Sindh’s Tando Allahyar district. A total of 1,056 barrels of oil will be obtained from it daily.
Oil reservoir Matha has been discovered in district Gothki. About 6.48 MMCFD gas will be obtained from it.
Around 6.3 MMCFD gas will obtained from the reservoir discovered in Tando Muhammad Khan, 9.5 MMCFD will be obtained from the gas reservoir discovered in Tando Allahyar, 160 barrels of oil per day and 18.6 MMCFD gas will be obtained from reservoir Hadaf discovered in Sanghar, 9 MMCFD gas will be obtained from a gas reservoir discovered in Sajawal district, 1,661 barrels of oil will be obtained from oil reservoir discovered in Badin, 31 MMCFD will be obtained from gas reservoir discovered in another area of Sindh, and 27 barrels of oil will be obtained from an oil reservoir Joya Mir discovered in K-P.
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