The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has started producing gas from a well called Nur West Well-1 in Sujawal district, Sindh, as reported on August 13.
As per details, this gas comes from a type of hard-to-extract gas known as tight gas. The well is currently producing 1.5 million cubic feet of gas per day. This gas is being added to the supply of the Sui Southern Gas Company, which distributes gas in Pakistan. The well was drilled to a depth of nearly 3 kilometers, and although there were some initial challenges, they were overcome by using a method called hydraulic fracturing.
OGDCL owns the entire project and is committed to exploring and developing tight gas in Pakistan to strengthen the country’s energy resources. They also reported positive results from another well in the Kohat district, which suggests that more gas could be produced in the future.
