A group led by Union Texas Pakistan Inc. (UTPI) has gauged three more discoveries all in the Cretaceous lower Goru in the Badin area of Southeast Pakistan's Sindh province.
The group tested its 1 Jalal wildcat at a rate of 12.9 MMcfd gas through a 36/64 in. choke with 1,925 psi flowing tubing pressure from pay at 5,397-5,410 ft. It is the first discovery on the group's 2,631 sq mile Badin II concession area, awarded by the government early in 1992 (OGJ, Feb. 17, 1992, p. 31).
UTPI, a unit of Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc., Houston, holds a 25.5% working interest in the concession. Its partners are Occidental Petroleum (Pakistan) Inc. 25.5% and state owned Oil & Gas Development Corp. (OGDC) 49%.
The group's two other strikes are on the Badin I concession, a 1977 award.
The 1 Bachal wildcat flowed 108 b/d oil through a 9/64 in. choke with 748 psi flowing tubing pressure from an oil zone at 4,647 50 ft, below untested lower Goru gas sands. Bachal eventually will be produced as a gas field.
The 1 South Mazari Deep discovery flowed 475 b/d of 43 gravity oil through a 24/64 in. choke with 240 psi flowing tubing pressure from pay at 5,484 94 ft.
Badin I working interests are UTPI and Oxy 30% each and OGDC 40%.
The group's production on this concession amounts to about 19,500 b/d oil and 162 MMcfd of gas 30% and 10%, respectively, of Pakistan's production.
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