Large reserves of crude oil found in Sindh

[Jazzbot]

So who do you think can come in and be the "massiah" and cure all evil in Pakistan?? Please don't tell me IK. The guy can barely keep a mob together, forget about keeping an entire country with thousands of issues together. And the military doesn't know how to do oil exploration either, just to set the context.

But do name someone. By keep repeating the same problem over and over doesn't solve anything. Let's bring some substance out so the readers can try to understand who can help fix this mess!

BTW, in Pakistan's entire current portfolio of politicians, the best ones are already at work through votes from the people. And they've been doing a LOT of work without corruption at the higher level like it used to be the case in Pakistan. Let me know if you'd like to see a list of projects.

By the way, its not the reserve, Pakistan doesn't have a few thing in its favor yet:
1) O&G found at a proper depth. Extra drilling cost a LOT more, and in Pakistan's case, thousands of meters of extra drilling so if something would cost you $ 80.00 internally, you could pay $ 50.00 from the outside and get oil for much cheaper.

2) Quality of oil, if the fuel doesn't burn correctly and there is a lot of other chemical substances mixed in oil molecules, Pakistan doesn't have proper chemical deciphering plants in place to a degree it needs them, which would perform molecule synthesis to refine the oil and take other chemicals out.

3) Proper infrastructure and technology overall. The country is now making headway in this area, with older tech. You guys don't use SAR radars for O&G exploration, etc, along with other expensive equipment.

All the above pay a role in why certain projects are started and then stopped.

Lets keep IK out of this discussion since he hasn't been given a true chance as of yet. So we have no data to conclude anything about him.

Regarding who is going to be massiah and save Pakistan from all these evils. Anyone is accceptable except tried and tested and proven crooks likes Nawaz / Shahbaz, Zardari, Altaf, Asfand Yar Wali, Chaudhry Brothers, Jamaati's, Molvi Diesel etc..

 

[niaz]

A 1000 barrels a day of crude dosnt sound large or significant. Sure it adds to our meagre oil production of 1 lac barrels a day which pales when compared to Saudi production of 1 million barrels a day.

For the record, according to the latest info available to me; as of 2013 the three world’s largest oil producers were:

USA 12.34-million barrels per day (Vs demand of 19-million bbl. per day)

Saudi Arabia 11.70-million barrels per day

Russia 10.76-million barrels per day.

Other top producers being:

China 4.5-million bbl. (demand 10-million bbl.), Canada 4.1-million bbl., UAE 3.4- million bbl., Iran 3.2-million bbl., Iraq 3.1 million bbl., Mexico 2.9-million bbl., Kuwait 2.8-million bbl., Brazil 2.7-million bbl., Venezuela 2.7-million bbl., Nigeria 2.4-million bbl. & Qatar 2.1-million bbl. per day.

India produced about 980 K bbl. per day against demand of 3.5-million bbl. per day. Pakistan produced 85 K bbl. per day against demand of 455 K bbl. per day.

Please note that production represents crude & condensate & demand include products import. Also data is only a good approximation and may differ slightly in different publications, but for the comparison purposes, it is correct.

 

[Viper0011.]

Lets keep IK out of this discussion since he hasn't been given a true chance as of yet. So we have no data to conclude anything about him.

Regarding who is going to be massiah and save Pakistan from all these evils. Anyone is accceptable except tried and tested and proven crooks likes Nawaz / Shahbaz, Zardari, Altaf, Asfand Yar Wali, Chaudhry Brothers, Jamaati's, Molvi Diesel etc..

"Let's keep IK out because he hasn't been given a true chance yet " ..... Tells me how you think and how your mind perceives IK. You, in the back of your mind, already know that IK isn't capable. Which is why you want a chance for him. If he truly was as popular of a leader, he wouldn't NEED a chance. Leader's build chances, don't try to 'get' chances as charity from others!!! ( and the other here is the military, just like what you were referring to, when you mentioned the ".chance".

The ONLY chance in a modern country is given by the People, based on a politician's track record and agenda. Which IK has nothing to show for. So tell him to use his power in KPK and actually try to do something.

On the tried leaders, well your current leadership was tried before, this time, the military isn't becoming a road block as they need the money for their salaries too, so the leadership is actually delivering stuff that hadn't been delivered in 70 years of your country's history!!

 

[fatman17]

For the record, according to the latest info available to me; as of 2013 the three world’s largest oil producers were:

USA 12.34-million barrels per day (Vs demand of 19-million bbl. per day)

Saudi Arabia 11.70-million barrels per day

Russia 10.76-million barrels per day.

Other top producers being:

China 4.5-million bbl. (demand 10-million bbl.), Canada 4.1-million bbl., UAE 3.4- million bbl., Iran 3.2-million bbl., Iraq 3.1 million bbl., Mexico 2.9-million bbl., Kuwait 2.8-million bbl., Brazil 2.7-million bbl., Venezuela 2.7-million bbl., Nigeria 2.4-million bbl. & Qatar 2.1-million bbl. per day.

India produced about 980 K bbl. per day against demand of 3.5-million bbl. per day. Pakistan produced 85 K bbl. per day against demand of 455 K bbl. per day.

Please note that production represents crude & condensate & demand include products import. Also data is only a good approximation and may differ slightly in different publications, but for the comparison purposes, it is correct.

My point was what is large reserves? I guess in our context 1000 barrels is large.

 

[Jazzbot]

Tells me how you think and how your mind perceives IK. You, in the back of your mind, already know that IK isn't capable. Which is why you want a chance for him. If he truly was as popular of a leader, he wouldn't NEED a chance. Leader's build chances, don't try to 'get' chances as charity from others!!! ( and the other here is the military, just like what you were referring to, when you mentioned the ".chance".

The ONLY chance in a modern country is given by the People, based on a politician's track record and agenda. Which IK has nothing to show for. So tell him to use his power in KPK and actually try to do something.

What made you think of all this bullsh!t? Please spare me from your witty thoughts about IK, and for the love of God don't make judgements about what I think or believe. I know what I think and I do not have to prove anything to you. Your above post is a proof that you completely missed the point of my previous post. Hence I do not need to further explain it to you because most likely you'll miss it by miles once again.

On the tried leaders, well your current leadership was tried before, this time, the military isn't becoming a road block as they need the money for their salaries too, so the leadership is actually delivering stuff that hadn't been delivered in 70 years of your country's history!!

And what exactly is the out of the box achievement of this govt till date? Please don't come up with metro bus, or free laptops etc. Lets talk about reforms in sectors that benefit the public and the country in real way. Like health, education, employment, agriculture, law and order etc? Please enlighten me what this govt has delivered in these sectors in past 2 years that hadn't been delivered in 70 years of our country's history??

 

[niaz]

My point was what is large reserves? I guess in our context 1000 barrels is large.

1000 bbl. per day is production figure and not the reserves. Theoretically; one can get more out of the filed by drilling more wells and production levels can be kept up by gas re-injection when the reservoir is close to exhaustion.

Oil companies with heavy investment in the exploration & developing the field, would like to get their money out as early as possible. Thus there is always a tendency to exploit the field to the maximum. However, excessive production rate can damage the reservoir. Reservoir engineering is specialized science to determine the optimum production level; that is maximum production without damaging the reservoir.

In the industry, any field with 20-billion barrels or more is considered a giant field. More than 5-billion barrels of reserves considered large reservoirs. Oil bearing structures with up to 1-billion barrels are considered medium size and with less than 1-billion classified as small fields. In the 60’s when the oil prices were less than $10- bbl. many small fields of 5-7 million barrels were not considered viable for exploitation.

For the record following are currently the giant reservoirs of the world.

Ghahwar, Saudi Arabia: 80-billion bbl.

Burgan field Kuwait: 70 – billion bbl.

Isfandyar field Iran: 30-billion bbl.

Safaniah, Saudi Arabia: 30-billion bbl.

Bolivar field Venezuela: 30-billion bbl.

Kashakgan, Kazakhstan: 30-.bilion

Azadegan field Iran: 26-billion bbl.

Cantereil field Mexico: 25 –billion bbl.

Sugar loaf field Brazil: more than 25-billion bbl.

Tengiz field Kazakhstan: more than 25-billion

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA: 25-billion bbl.

Please note that since most countries don’t publish correct figures so the above numbers are only approximate.

I don’t have reserves data for the Bombay High oil field located about 160 Km offshore Mumbai. This was discovered in 1965 by the Russians and developed by Russia & the ONGC of India. Production started in 1974. However, with the production close to 350 K bbl. per day; I would guess that the field to have about 3 to 4 -billion barrels of reserves.

Total Pakistani crude reserves being only about 300-million barrels, it is nothing much to boast about.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

1000 bbl. per day is production figure and not the reserves. Theoretically; one can get more out of the filed by drilling more wells and production levels can be kept up by gas re-injection when the reservoir is close to exhaustion.

Oil companies with heavy investment in the exploration & developing the field, would like to get their money out as early as possible. Thus there is always a tendency to exploit the field to the maximum. However, excessive production rate can damage the reservoir. Reservoir engineering is specialized science to determine the optimum production level; that is maximum production without damaging the reservoir.

In the industry, any field with 20-billion barrels or more is considered a giant field. More than 5-billion barrels of reserves considered large reservoirs. Oil bearing structures with up to 1-billion barrels are considered medium size and with less than 1-billion classified as small fields. In the 60’s when the oil prices were less than $10- bbl. many small fields of 5-7 million barrels were not considered viable for exploitation.

For the record following are currently the giant reservoirs of the world.

Ghahwar, Saudi Arabia: 80-billion bbl.

Burgan field Kuwait: 70 – billion bbl.

Isfandyar field Iran: 30-billion bbl.

Safaniah, Saudi Arabia: 30-billion bbl.

Bolivar field Venezuela: 30-billion bbl.

Kashakgan, Kazakhstan: 30-.bilion

Azadegan field Iran: 26-billion bbl.

Cantereil field Mexico: 25 –billion bbl.

Sugar loaf field Brazil: more than 25-billion bbl.

Tengiz field Kazakhstan: more than 25-billion

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA: 25-billion bbl.

Please note that since most countries don’t publish correct figures so the above numbers are only approximate.

I don’t have reserves data for the Bombay High oil field located about 160 Km offshore Mumbai. This was discovered in 1965 by the Russians and developed by Russia & the ONGC of India. Production started in 1974. However, with the production close to 350 K bbl. per day; I would guess that the field to have about 3 to 4 -billion barrels of reserves.

Total Pakistani crude reserves being only about 300-milliom barrels, it nothing much to boast about.

Thank you again @niaz sahab, for sharing all the information with us.

About the underlined part, I can tell you that Bombay High and Bassein Offshore Oilfields were over-exploited in the late 80s and 1990s. Then ONGC had to resort to numerous work-overs to revive/rejuvenate the wells. That is the time that I had considerable exposure to Rig Support and Movement Ops in that region.

 

[Dr Gupta]

World needs to move away from it's dependency of oil and invest in renewable energy as well as hybrid cars etc even though I am a petrol head we have little choice! plus railway's need more investment also.

 

[niaz]

Thank you again @niaz sahab, for sharing all the information with us.

About the underlined part, I can tell you that Bombay High and Bassein Offshore Oilfields were over-exploited in the late 80s and 1990s. Then ONGC had to resort to numerous work-overs to revive/rejuvenate the wells. That is the time that I had considerable exposure to Rig Support and Movement Ops in that region.

Thank you Sir,

I had heard of the fire on one of the rigs sometime in 2005. I am primarily a Process Engineer; you appear to have for more on hand experience on off-shore rigs.

Petroleum is a very wide field with rewarding jobs in exploration, drilling, production, transportation and terminals; that is in addition to the refining & marketing. In the UK people who actually work on the off-shore platforms in the North Sea are some of the highest paid in the petroleum industry.

 

[New World]

I have a Question.
how much large reserves are found in Sindh?
@niaz

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

I have a Question.
how much large reserves are found in Sindh?@niaz

Enough to fill 2 oil trucks a day. Not worth the news !

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Thank you Sir,

I had heard of the fire on one of the rigs sometime in 2005. I am primarily a Process Engineer; you appear to have for more on hand experience on off-shore rigs.

Petroleum is a very wide field with rewarding jobs in exploration, drilling, production, transportation and terminals; that is in addition to the refining & marketing. In the UK people who actually work on the off-shore platforms in the North Sea are some of the highest paid in the petroleum industry.

@niaz sahab; I did not work on the rigs per se.
I was connected to the Support services to the Rigs and platforms, initially on OSVs, PSVs and AHT/FFTs. There was a rig fire earlier too, in the later 80s which slightly predated me. The Rig which was damaged was then turned into a production platform/rig. The one in 2005 was much after I'd moved onto other (greener) pastures. In my time, we attended a blow-out on one of the Jack-Up rigs providing emergency back-up; the American firm of Boots and Coots (an analogue of Red Adair) was on hand to tackle any conflagration, but the situation was controlled. Later i got to see the Oil-Field fires in Kuwait, albeit from a distance. But that was in a different avatar; to revive the Ops in the Ports of Al-Shuwaykh and Shuaiba which had been destroyed by the retreating Iraqis.

 

[rubyjackass]

Actually I was talking about oil and it was the closest post to quote you, if you thought something else I'm talking about

Lol. @WAJsal 'rushed things' again. For a fair thing

 

[WAJsal]

Lol. @WAJsal 'rushed things' again. For a fair thing

Ajj ka din hi manhos hai.

 

[rubyjackass]

Ajj ka din hi manhos hai.

He he he. And look at your signature