OGDC makes discovery at Dhakni

By an OGJ correspondent

KARACHI, Jan. 7 -- Pakistan's Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd. (OGDC) has made a deeper-pool discovery at Dhakni condensate field in northern Pakistan. The well was drilled to 4,500 m TD.

OGDC said it expects the new reservoir to produce 11 MMcfd of gas and 750 b/d of oil, based on initial tests. OGDC Managing Director Najam Kemal Hyder said the sweet, high-btu gas will flow into the Sui Northern Gas Pipe Line (SNGPL) system.

OGDC had made two previous attempts at deep drilling on this block, both disappointing.