Quetta: Mari Petroleum Company Limited has announced the discovery of significant deposits of crude oil in the exploratory well located in Kachhi (Bolan) district of Balochistan, a news source reported.
The discovery was made by a joint venture of Ziarat Exploration Licence comprising Mari Petroleum and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL)-Europe. Initially, two oil wells have been installed on site, one of which is producing 690 barrels per day, while the other is producing 810 barrels a day. The production has raised the expectation that a huge oil deposit is present in the area.
