Uch gas field to be modified
Gas production will jump by 160 mmscfd after development.
ISLAMABAD:
After a study by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) the company has adopted a development plan to improve gas production at the Uch gas field from 220 to 380 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd), enabling it to commit 160 mmscfd per day of gas for 25 years to a new power producer by February 2014.
An engineering consultant has been engaged to prepare the designs and tender documents. This project involves drilling of 15 additional development wells, installation of a gas gathering facility, dehydration and hydrogen sulphide removal plant and a gas delivery station. According to OGDCL, 14 development wells have been drilled and a Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) with the Uch Power Limited (UPL) has been signed. The Uch gas field is located 67km southeast of Dera Bugti in Balochistan. The field was discovered in 1955 by Pakistan Petroleum Limited; however, it was not developed because of its low British thermal unit (Btu) content.
OGDCL reactivated the Uch gas field in the 1980s. To date the company has drilled 15 wells and is currently supplying 220-225 mmscfd to UPL via a 47km pipeline at the first mega-low heating value gas-fired 586MW power plant.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2012.
After a study by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) the company has adopted a development plan to improve gas production at the Uch gas field from 220 to 380 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd), enabling it to commit 160 mmscfd per day of gas for 25 years to a new power producer by February 2014.
An engineering consultant has been engaged to prepare the designs and tender documents. This project involves drilling of 15 additional development wells, installation of a gas gathering facility, dehydration and hydrogen sulphide removal plant and a gas delivery station. According to OGDCL, 14 development wells have been drilled and a Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) with the Uch Power Limited (UPL) has been signed. The Uch gas field is located 67km southeast of Dera Bugti in Balochistan. The field was discovered in 1955 by Pakistan Petroleum Limited; however, it was not developed because of its low British thermal unit (Btu) content.
OGDCL reactivated the Uch gas field in the 1980s. To date the company has drilled 15 wells and is currently supplying 220-225 mmscfd to UPL via a 47km pipeline at the first mega-low heating value gas-fired 586MW power plant.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2012.