ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Oil and Gas Development Company
(OGDCL) and MOL Pakistan have produced Rs 99.538 billion crude oil and
natural gas from its different operational fields of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
during the last 17 years.
The two leading companies have extracted over 89,998,250 bbl crude
oil and 87,217,244 mcf natural gas during the period, official sources told
APP.
OGDCL tapped around 59,692,454 bbl (barrel) crude oil and
86,482,196 mcf (million cubic feet) natural gas amounting to Rs 520.538
billion.
The company produced 15,567,543 bbl crude, 29,626,201 mcf natural
gas and 43,671 metric ton (mt) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from the
Chanda field, located in district Kohat of the province, during the year
2001-02 to 20015-16, worth Rs 114,049 million with its 72 percent share.
From the Nashpa field of district Karak, they informed that OGDCL
produced 30,847,733 bbl crude oil of Rs 266,362 million and 114,654,724 mcf
natural gas of Rs 295,867 million, having 56.45 percent share, from the fiscal year 2009-10 to 2015-16.
Whereas, the Mela field at Shakar Darah of district Kohat produced
13,269,684 bbl crude oil and 44,154,422 mcf natural gas amounting to Rs
110,243 million from the year 2006-07 to 2015-16 with its 56.45 percent share.
In a period of three years from 2010-to-13, the sources said
the company, having 30 percent share, produced 7,494 bbl crude oil of Rs 50
million and 1,236,097 mcf natural gas from the Sheihkhan field of district
Kohat.
The MOL Pakistan produced around 735,048 mcf natural gas and
30,305,796 bbl crude oil and 223,340 mt LPG amounting to Rs 380 billion
during the last 11 years.
The company produced 511,087 mcf gas, 22,337,261 bbl and 161,430 mt
LPG from the Karak district of KP from year 2005 to 2015.
From the Kohat district, it tapped 110,681 mcf gas, 4,298,705 crude
oil and 34,416 mt LPG, whereas the Hangu district’s production stood at
113,280 mcf gas, 3,669,830 crude oil and 27,494 mt LPG during the same
period.
Answering a question, they said the company sold around Rs 187.6
billion natural gas, Rs 179.6 crude oil and Rs 12.8 LPG from districts
Karak, Kohat and Hangu during the period.