Petroleum Geology of Pakistan

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Petroleum of exploration in Pakistan

• Despite a long history of exploration—

• the first well in what is modern Pakistan was drilled in 1857,

• the first commercial discovery was made in 11!—• Pakistan remains a modest producer of oil and gas and

currently imports 8" percent of its crude oil re#uirements$

• %he country is self&sufficient in natural gas, although this islikely to change demand increases$• 'il and natural gas each account for a(out !" percent of

Pakistan)s commercial energy supplies (ut currently formonly a small part of the country)s economy$

•%he state&owned 'il and *as Development +orporation'*D+- remains the most important player in the Pakistanioil industry$

• Pakistan Petroleum .td$ PP.-, esta(lished in 15",produces the ma/ority of the natural gas$

Department of Petroleum %echnology , 0niversity of arachi



2istory of exploration in Pakistan






Pakistan is divided into three ma/orgeographic areas3the northern highlands4

the ndus 6iver plain, with two ma/orsu(divisions corresponding roughly to theprovinces of Pun/a( and indh4 and the alochistan Plateau$%he northern highlands include parts of the2indu ush, the arakoram 6ange, and the2imalayas$

%his area includes such famous peaks as 9 :ount *odwin ;usten, at 8,<11 meters thesecond highest peak in the world-, and=anga Par(at 8,19< meters-, the twelfthhighest$outh of the northern highlands and west of

the ndus 6iver plain are the afed oh 6ange along the ;fghanistan (order and the

ulaiman 6ange and irthar 6ange,which define the western extent of theprovince of indh and reach almost to thesouthern coast$

:a/or geographic Division of Pakistan







De artment of Petroleum %echnolo 0niversit of arachi







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• %otal ;rea 3

• 7<,"< #$ ms

• ;rea under

?xploration3

• 1!,<77 s#$km$

• 'perators3

• 9" 5 .ocal-











• n 18<< some seven or eight holes were dug in and aroundthe seepages near Aateh/ang, 95 miles west of slama(ad,yielding a few gallons of oil per day Pascoe 19"-$

• %hen, in 187", $ $ .yitaan, an ;merican from Pennsylvaniawas hired to investigate the oil prospects of the Pun/a($

• 2is report is of special interest to a meeting on +lassicPetroleum Provinces, since its maps were pro(a(ly thefirst ever pu(lished on which su(surface structure wasdelineated (y contours, 'wen 175-$

• During the last #uarter of the 1th +entury there weresporadic attempts to drill shallow (oreholes in thenorthern parts of the +entral Aold elt$





• %his activity culminated in the drilling of thirteen wells atattan in the :arri %ri(al %erritory of northeast aluchistannear oil seepages and from which 95 """ (arrels of oil wereproduced (etween 1885 and 189$

• %he impetus for this drilling was to esta(lish a convenientsource of fuel for the railway system which the then ndian*overnment was constructing to help secure the;fghanBndian (order$

• mmediately prior to Corld Car , various investmentsyndicates mainly ritish financed- were formed to explorein the Pun/a( and it is from these origins that the firstsignificant company was esta(lished on 1 Decem(er 11 toac#uire extensive exploration rights4

• %he ;ttock 'il +ompany$n 115, oil was discovered in#uantity at haur





• ?xploratory Cells 75"• Development Cells ""

• %otal3 1,<5"

• edimentary ;rea3 897, 9<8 s#

• Drilling Density One well per 1367 Sq. km.

• Discoveries 9""

• 'il 8"

• *as 19"

• 'verall uccess 6ate 1 3 $5



Drilling and success 6atios





0pper ndus asin Potwar asin-

• Potohar Plateau is (ounded on the east (y the Ehelum 6iver, on the west (y the ndus 6iver, onthe north (y the and the :argalla 2ills, and on the south (y the alt 6angeF1G$ %he terrain isundulating$

• %he ala +hitta 6ange rises to an average height of !5"&"" metres ,""" ft- and extends fora(out 79 kilometres !5 mi-$

• %he waan 6iver starts from near(y :urree and ends near ala(agh in the ndus river$• akesar is the highest mountain of this region$









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• Pakistan has an interesting *eo&dynamic history of large andprospective (asin onshore and offshore- with sedimentary area of897,9<8 s#$ km$

• o far a(out 88 million (arrels crude oil reserves have (eendiscovered of which 55 million (arrels have already (een produced$

• ; Prognostic potential of total endowment of hydrocar(ons has (eenestimated as 97 (illion (arrels of oil and 989 trillion cu(ic feet of gas$

• 0p till now over <5 exploratory wells have (een drilled (y various

national and international exploration and production companies,resulting in over 185 oil and gas discoveries$

• ndigenous production of crude oil during the year 9""5&"< was <5,577(arrels per day$






=;%06;. *;• Pakistan is among the most gas dependent economies of the world$

• =atural gas was first discovered in 159 at ui in alochistan provincewhich proved a most significant and largest gas reservoir$

• ;fter successful exploration and extraction, it was (rought to service in155$ %his ma/or discovery at ui followed a num(er of medium and smallsiHe gas fields in other part of the country$

• o far a(out 59$7 %+A of gas reserves have (een discovered of which 9"$9%+A have already (een produced$

• =atural gas production during 9""5&"< was a(out $8 (illion cu(ic feet perday$

• Pakistan has well developed and integrated infrastructure of transporting,distri(uting and utiliHing natural gas with ,957 km transmission and7!,18< km of distri(ution and service lines network developedprogressively over 5" years$






• %he *overnment of Pakistan esta(lished 'il and *as

Development +orporation '*D+- in 1<1 as a statutorycorporation to undertake exploration and development ofoil and gas resources$

• n 'cto(er 17 '*D+ was converted into a pu(lic limitedcompany and renamed as 'il and *as Development+ompany .imited '*D+.-$

• n =ovem(er 9"", on (ehalf of the *overnment ofPakistan, the Privatisation +ommission divested 5I of the*oPJs shareholding in '*D+. (y way of an 'ffer for alethrough an nitial Pu(lic 'ffering at the domestic stockexchanges$


'il and *as Development +orporation







'*D+.Js ma/or oil and gas fields

• '*D+.Js ma/or oil and gas fields are located at

unnar, Pasakhi, o(i, %an(do alam, %hora,.ashari, ono, Aimkassar, al, ad#al, 6a/ian,:issakeswal, Dhodhak, Dhakhni, +2anda, +hak,=aurang, Kadirpur , Pirkoh, .oti, =andpur BPan/pir

and 2undi B ari$

• '*D+. has so far completed ma/or developmentpro/ects like Dhodak Development Pro/ect, DhakiDevelopment Pro/ect, Pirkoh DevelopmentPro/ect , =andpurBPan/pir Development Pro/ect,ad#al *as +ompression Pro/ect, 0chDevelopment Pro/ect and o(i Development Pro/et






Discoveries • '*D+. presently holds the largest acreage position in Pakistan and as

on " Eune, 9""5 was operating in 95 concessions covering an area of5,<8 # m which constitutes "I of total exploration area grantedto various ?>P companies in Pakistan$

•

• ;s of Euly 9""5, '*D+. so far has drilled 18 exploratory and 9!<

development wells$

• 'n the (asis of its activities since inception, has until Euly 9""5, made<" discoveries with a success ratio of 13$

• n the last ! years, '*D+. has (een successful in making 1"discoveries L two oil discoveries and eight gasBcondensatediscoveries$



2istor of e ploration in Pakistan



PP. +ompany 2istory

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• PP. was incorporated in Eune 15" with the urmah 'il +ompany renamed

urmah +astrol- and *oP as its principal shareholders$

;fter more than 5" years of successful operations PP. continues to (e aprominent ?>P player in Pakistan with3

•

ui, PakistanJs oldest and largest gas field discovered and operated (y

PP.contri(uting 95I of PakistanJs gas production4

• 6emaining proven plus pro(a(le 9P- reserves of <$ tcf gas and $<mmst( oilB=*.- as of Eune " 9""54

• ;verage AM9""5 production of !8 ::cfd of natural gas and 1,75 ((ld of

crude oilB=*.4

• AM9""5 revenues of P6 9,9! million 0N 88 million- and profit aftertax of P6 8,<9 million 0N 1!! million-4

• ignificant portfolio of non&operated assets, including Kadirpur, awanand :iano, lock&99 and %al4




'rganiHation • The Company’s holds operatorship of major oil and gas fields

including ui, andhkot, ;dhi and :aHarani, while its non-operated portfolio includes interests in the Kadirpur, :iano, awan and %al fields.

• The Company’s exploration portfolio includes operated andnon-operated joint ventures in 1 onshore !loc"s and # offshore

!loc"s.

$$% holds joint ownership with the &overnment of 'alochistanin 'olan (ining )nterprises *'()+, which is involved in the!usiness of mining exploratory well-drilling grade (aritepowder .

• '() is the operator of the &unga !arytes mine in 'aluchistan.hare of profit in '() at year end une , #/ was $0#2.#3 million.







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