Pakistan Petroleum Drills Tight Gas Well in Pakistan

Pakistan Petroleum recently drilled and completed one of the country’s deepest and longest horizontal tight gas well, Naushahro Feroz Hor-1, in Sindh province, it said July 20.

The well was drilled to the total depth of 4,940 metres and 1.3 kilometres in the horizontal section in the Chiltan Formation. It is also the country’s first well to be completed with ten-stage multi-frack.

Based on preliminary results, the well flowed 1.3mn ft³/d of gas and 9 b/d of condensate at 32/64 choke size from one stage only.

Naushahro Feroz Hor-1 is being operated by Pakistan Petroleum which holds a 90% working interest while the remaining 10% is held by Asia Resources Oil.

Shardul Sharma