Latest news about Oil Gas possible discovery

[SoulSpokesman]

@niaz

Niaz sb,

If you were an Indian we would call you anti-national, seditious etc.

Regards

 

[Adnanpindi]

Honorable Sir,

You do not start using the product from the oil fields from day one. Firstly more wells need to be drilled to determine the size of the reserves. Additionally depending upon the size of the reservoir & production per well, you need to drill more producing wells to arrive at the production target. The produce will need to be transported to the shore either by ships or pipeline. 250 Km long subsea pipeline will take at 2 to 3 years to complete. The crude also needs to be separated from water and desalted before it can be refined.

Raw natural gas (if it turns out to a gas field) also needs processing before it can be consumed. Raw gas is normally mixed with a small percentage of heavier gaseous hydrocarbons/ condensate and also with sulfur compounds. The gas you get piped to your home is largely methane. Raw gas, therefore, has to be purified. A small percentage of mercaptans is then added which gives the smell so that you can tell if there is a gas leak.

It would be a couple of years at the very least before you see any oil/gas from this field actually being used. Also, don't forget that it won't be free as you would need to pay Exxon & ENI for the costs of purification and pay for their share of the output.

Sir Thanks I understood and with what I heard is it will take atleast 5 to 10 years to materialised I was just saying no matter when we will reap the benefits that number(1.5 Billion Barrels) is not bad either we are producing 80,000 to 90,000 barrels a day even if we ad like another 90,000 barrels it will be good I know its just to early we have ventured 17 times before and found nothing.

 

[Clutch]

Hahaha lol

Ha ha ha

 

[Shahab007]

Appreciate your love for Pakistan let’s all pray to Allah for a huge success in oil discovery..

 

[Shahab007]

Honorable Sir,

You do not start using the product from the oil fields from day one. Firstly more wells need to be drilled to determine the size of the reserves. Additionally depending upon the size of the reservoir & production per well, you need to drill more producing wells to arrive at the production target. The produce will need to be transported to the shore either by ships or pipeline. 250 Km long subsea pipeline will take at 2 to 3 years to complete. The crude also needs to be separated from water and desalted before it can be refined.

Raw natural gas (if it turns out to a gas field) also needs processing before it can be consumed. Raw gas is normally mixed with a small percentage of heavier gaseous hydrocarbons/ condensate and also with sulfur compounds. The gas you get piped to your home is largely methane. Raw gas, therefore, has to be purified. A small percentage of mercaptans is then added which gives the smell so that you can tell if there is a gas leak.

It would be a couple of years at the very least before you see any oil/gas from this field actually being used. Also, don't forget that it won't be free as you would need to pay Exxon & ENI for the costs of purification and pay for their share of the output.

Very informative [emoji106]

 

[Clutch]

The ARY News quoting the sources reported that the offshore drilling of Kekra-I project has made key progress and the work has entered in its final phase.

There drilling work has reached to 5000 meters depth and nearing end to its target of 5800 meters, sources said.

The SAIPEM 12000 drillship has long left the lease. It left end of March. There is no drilling currently going on. They reached TD (total depth) and completed the well in March.

There have been only other development ships at the site since then.

there is another 1000 meters to drill before we know what & how much is there if at all.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

Appreciate your love for Pakistan let’s all pray to Allah for a huge success in oil discovery..

AAMEEN

 

[HammerHead081]

1.5 billion barrels is good, anything less than that is poor. Anything more than 7 billion barrels is very significant. Lets hope for the best.

 

[Umar Nazir]

1.5 billion barrels is good, anything less than that is poor. Anything more than 7 billion barrels is very significant. Lets hope for the best.

it will be 0 or one of the biggest in the world. hope for the best

 

[SSGcommandoPAK]

Drilling is complete the Exxon Mobil will present a presentation to the PM about the findings then after further discussions, PM will announce whether we hit the jackpot or not.

 

[BATMAN]

Guys buy Exxon shares. You won't regret it.

 

[Adnanpindi]

 

[niaz]

The above is a truthful & informative comment from someone who knows about oil exploration. Don't know why Kaptaan is given to wildly exaggerated announcements. He would be laughing stock if (God forbid) nothing much comes of it.

It is about time that IK should realize that he is no longer in opposition but Chief Executive of Pakistan and chief executives do not issue statements without solid proof.

 

[AZ1]

ISLAMABAD: The ongoing drilling by Mobile Exxon with ENI as operator at Kekra-1 well in the country’s ultra-deep sea is facing the major threat of tide season which may mar the whole spudding process, as currently the second side tracking at the depth of 4,810 meters got stalled on April 8 and at this point cementing is being done.



Although this is not a good sign, but the cementation process of drilling will now be very slow, a relevant official told The News. The drilling was initiated with 19 percent probabilities which according to the experts get reduced when side tracking starts taking place. In Kekra-1 well case, second side tracking was underway. Officials said the when side tracking process is initiated, this means that first plan of drilling was not well worked out.

It is interesting to note that earlier when at Kekra well vertical drilling reached at depth of 4,799 meters on February 21, a high pressure was felt causing huge mud loss and because of unsafe operation the well was plugged by March 23. Then the first side tracking started and when it reached down to 3,100 meters, it again met failure which is why the hole was also blocked. After that second side tracking began.

According to experts, the side tracking means that the first plan to drill the well was not well thought out and worked out.

Under the new timeline, the drilling under second tracking is to go down up to 5,460 meters deep by April end and Pakistan top leadership, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his some cabinet members, are pinning high hopes on drilling for major oil and gas discovery, but under new scenario, the relevant official said the drilling process may further drag up to May because of ongoing cementation that has slowed down the drilling. But in May, tide season sets in which will be very harmful to drilling process.

Another top official confirmed to The News that the drilling got stopped at 4,810 meter depth and the status has changed from second side tracking to cementing.

However, GA Sabri, an expert of oil and gas exploration, who has also been secretary petroleum, also came up with cautious observation on the new development, saying that cementation which may continue for couple of days has stalled the drilling and after cementing process is completed, the drilling will start, but it will get slowed down.

He said the drilling need to go more deep by 700-800 meters, but the delay on account of cementation, spudding process may enter in the month of May which will be detrimental as in this month seas turns very rough.

Sabri also opined that because of changes in climate, tides season may hit earlier. Amid the rough sea, it will be harder for the operator to keep the drilling ship standing in the sea. The modern facilities have enabled the rig operators to continue work but again it depends upon the intensity of the tides. He said that it is the same depth when Total, a French company, abandoned drilling in 2004 here in G Bloc.

Exxon Mobile, OGDCL and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) are the sleeping partners of the joint venture. The spud drilling activities at Kekra-1 well was kicked off with $75-80 million by joint venture with 25 percent share each. Once the drilling turns a success story, then it will take five to six years to bring the oil and gas in the system of Pakistan. The gas price will not be less than over $10 per mmbtu as under current petroleum policy, the well head price in ultra-deep sea stands at $9 per mmbtu and when it reaches the system, after huge investment of $300 million, its cost will be even more than $10 per mmbtu.


https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/456572-drilling-at-kekra-1-under-second-side-tracking-halted

 

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