Karachi: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has discovered another gas reserve at its exploration well Benari X-1 (ST-2) located in Sujawal district of Sindh, a news source reported. Drill stem testing in A-Sand unit of Upper Sand, Lower Goru Formation showed a flow of 9.05 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd).
This is the second such discovery by PPL in two days as the company had discovered gas and condensate at its operated exploratory well Hadaf X-1 (ST).
The well has flowed 12.1 mmcfd of gas, condensate of 157 barrels per day along with 35 barrels of water per day at flowing well head pressure of 2,290 psi on 32/64 choke.
Major oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies plan to drill 90 wells in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The companies would drill 50 exploratory and 40 development wells.
