By an OGJ correspondent
KARACHI, Apr. 7 -- OMV AG—operator of the Miano lease in Pakistan's Sukkur district—has received approval from state-owned Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) to award a 3D seismic survey contract to the Chinese firm Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting. BGP will undertake the survey over a 250 sq km area to delineate the 'B' sand reservoir on the prospect.
OMV spudded the development well Miano-7 Mar. 2, aiming at 3,429 m TD in the lower Goru B sand.
First gas from Miano began in December 2001 following the upgrade of the Kadanwari gas processing plant, which currently processes 110 MMcfd of Miano gas (OGJ Online, Oct. 28, 2002).
OMV's Miano partners are PPL, Agip Exploration & Production Ltd., and Islamabad-based Oil & Gas Development Corp. Ltd.