Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) has made a hydrocarbons discovery from its first Margand block exploratory well, Margand X-1, in Kalat district, Balochistan province.
Margand X-1 spudded June 30, 2019, and reached 4,500-m MD inside Chiltan limestone. Modular dynamics testing proved the presence of hydrocarbons.
During drillstem tests the well flowed 10.7 MMcfd of gas at 1-in. choke size with flowing well head pressure of ~516 psi and 132 b/d of liquid. The liquid’s makeup is being investigated. The well has potential to flow at higher rates after acid stimulation.
This is the first gas discovery on Kalat plateau, according to PPL, which also said the discovery has opened a new sub-basin for further hydrocarbon exploration.
