Pakistan: Exploratory well hits gas on Kadanwari block
OMV AG has completed the K-30 exploratory well on the Kadanwari block in the Middle Indus basin in Pakistan.
The well was spudded on Jan. 15 and has tested at 52 MMscfd of gas on a 60/64-in. choke, said Premier Oil PLC, which has a 15.79% interest in the block.
OMV will tie the well into the production facility by the end of the second quarter of 2012, delivering about 30 MMscfd of gas, Premier Oil said.
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Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.