PPLdiscovers gas in KotriBlock, Sindh

Karachi: May 20, 2016: Pakistan Petroleum Limited operator of KotriBlock with 100 percent working interest has announced a gas discovery over its first exploration well KotriX-1 located in District Hyderabad, Sindh.

KotriX-1 was spud on February10, 2016 and reached the final depth of 3,892 meters on April 23, 2016. Based on the gas shows encountered during drilling and wirelinelogs evaluation, a Cased Hole Drill Stem Test was carried out in Lower GoruMassive Sands.

The well flowed good quality gas at an average rate of 3.4 MMscfdat Flowing Wellhead Pressure of 608 psi.

Preliminary analysesof the test data suggests that it may be a tight gas discovery, however, further evaluation is required to determine the nature and commerciality of the discovery based on the geological, geophysical and engineering data collected during drilling and testing of the well.

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