Pakistan's vast Shale Oil & Gas Reserves | Updates & Discussions

[Samlee]

if there is so much energy i dunno what we are doing drilling for gas in sindh we should move there establish oil rigs and we can meet out energy needs for centuries maybe?

Read Page 4 Of This Report By Nepra

' Prognostic potential of total endowment of hydrocarbons has been estimated as 27 billion barrels of oil and 282 trillion cubic feet of gas.'

http://www.nepra.org.pk/Publications/State%20of%20Industry%20Reports/State%20of%20Industry%20Report%202007.pdf

Aaj Key Liye Kafi Hai Ke Aur Dil Jalaoon Tera

 

[darkinsky]

Read Page 4 Of This Report By Nepra

' Prognostic potential of total endowment of hydrocarbons has been estimated as 27 billion barrels of oil and 282 trillion cubic feet of gas.'

http://www.nepra.org.pk/Publications/State%20of%20Industry%20Reports/State%20of%20Industry%20Report%202007.pdf

Aaj Key Liye Kafi Hai Ke Aur Dil Jalaoon Tera

bhai mera dil q jaley ga, ager itna he tu bhai pehley fursat me oil aur gas nikalna chahye makran offshore se q nahi nikalte?

 

[Samlee]

bhai mera dil q jaley ga, ager itna he tu bhai pehley fursat me oil aur gas nikalna chahye makran offshore se q nahi nikalte?

Wo Is Liye Bahi Jab Hamare Mulk Me Ronaq Lage Gi To Bohat Sare Mulkon Ki Ronaqen Ujar Jae Gi Kya Samjhe.Anyway Here Is another Article.This Is About Indus Offshore

Pakistan Offshore Hydrocarbon Prospective


. General Introduction of Pakistan Offshore: Offshore Pakistan which stretches over 200,000 Sq.kms can be divided into two major units: the Indus Offshore Basin and the Makran Offshore Basin. These two units are separated by the Murray Ridge and the Owen Fracture Zone which form a transition Zone/plate boundary between the two.

The Indus Basin covers the second largest fan in the world after the Bengal fan. The Indus Fan is located in Pakistan and Indian Coast between 160 to 24*. North latitude and 60* to 73* East longitude. It is about 1500 km in length (from the North until it present delta front in the Indian Ocean) and 960 Kms in width (from the India continental shelf to the East to the Owen shear zone to the West). At the thicker part in the basin, the fan is estimated to be about 10 kms, thick. The Indus Fan is cut in the south-eastern corner by a submarine canyon of the River Indus that is 2,900 Kms. long. Presently 14 exploration blocks are being held by E & P companies in offshore area of Pakistan. The details of exploratory wells drilled in Offshore Area are also provided in Table-2 below. Past petroleum exploration efforts in Indus Delta are limited to drilling of only 12 exploration wells. The details of past drilling efforts are indicative of the fact that Indus Basin is highly under explored. Of these wells, only one ie Pakean-1 tested 3.7 MMSFCD in a DST pointing towards presence of movable hydrocarbons in Indus Fan. Moreover Indus basin is analogous to other producing basins of the world in terms of geological setting such as Mississippi Delta, (Gulf of Mexico, USA ), Niger Delta (Nigeria), Mahakam Delta (Indonesia) Mackenzie Delta (Canada) and Gippslan Basin (Australia) etc.

2. Hydrocarbon Potential of Pakistan Offshore

2.1 Reservoir Rocks: With sparse well penetrations, little is known about the reservoir potential. In the upper section (mid Miocene and above) giant channel levee systems are seen on the seismic, which represent the canyon-channel system of the ancient Indus Fan and having degradational to aggradational behavior and seismic facies. The reason why these channels are so large is probably because of the high discharge from the Indus River and because of accommodation space being created by movement along the Murray fracture. High amplitude chaotic reflectors which could be good target for excellent quality sands. High Amplitude Reflection Packages (HARP) can also be seen at the base of the channel levee systems. In the Amazon delta these HARP's have been penetrated and are known to be high net to gross sheet sands. On seismic data, amalgamated channels with good sand development are quite evident. Low relief mounding is observed and the presence of amplitude anomalies points to the presence of channel and sheet sands. Mud diaper cored anticline particularly in the proximity of Murray Ridge are also seen on seismic data with multiple amplitude anomalies pointing towards good reservoir sand development in Indus Delta.

2.2 SEALS: Offshore shelf wells show that the Indus delta is mud rich and the large levee systems seen on seismic confirm this. Extensive quiet zones in Miocene sequence are interpreted to be thick blanket shales which are expected to provide an excellent seal.

2.3 SOURCE: Source rock may be present, but their lateral extent and organic facies is not known. Miocene deltaic sediments are considered to have potential for gas in the offshore. Geochemical modelings by a number of companies suggest that good source rocks could be developed in the Paleocene / Eocene, Gas-prone source rocks are identifiable in the Miocene in shelf wells; whether they are present in the deep offshore is uncertain.

2.4 MATURITY/TIMING: Major burial occurred post -18 million years consistent with Himalayan collision and deltaic loading Paleocene/Early Eocene source rocks is likely to be hydrocarbon generation window. Substantial thickness of Mid-Miocene source rocks is also expected to generate and expel hydrocarbon from 8-10 million years. The timing of trap formation is generally earlier than the maturity of the source rocks. The anticlinal traps show growth as well as channel traps and other stratiographic features were most likely formed immediately after deposition.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Wo Is Liye Bahi Jab Hamare Mulk Me Ronaq Lage Gi To Bohat Sare Mulkon Ki Ronaqen Ujar Jae Gi Kya Samjhe.Anyway Here Is another Article.This Is About Indus Offshore

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How does our prosperity destroy anybody else's prosperity? It is not a zero sum game.

 

[RiazHaq]

Here's Daily Times on a TRL refinery planned for Pakistan:

KARACHI: Trans-Asia Refinery Ltd (TRL) has made a major announcement expressing its ‘total commitment’ to building the most complex refinery in Pakistan, producing more than 100,000 barrels a day and 4.0 million tonnes of petroleum products every year. The refinery will be located at Port Qasim, Karachi.

In a major boost to the country’s economy, TRL signalled the end of previous delays with an undertaking that ‘the investors have decided to push the project forward in the interests of all parties and the people of Pakistan’.

TRL’s determination to see the project through to completion is demonstrated by two important initiatives announced yesterday. First is the appointment of Descon to undertake a complete ‘health check’ inspection of the TRL refining equipment. The second is a newly-completed restructuring of TRL management to ensure the project proceeds with all possible haste.
TRL CEO Sultan Al Ghurair said he was delighted to have Descon on board in order to develop the project further. Descon is the leading engineering and construction company of Pakistan. The company said that, since the refinery had been delayed for some time, they will perform a health check of critical equipment before the EPC contractor is finalised.

The TRL project is a direct investment of Al-Ghurair Investment LLC, a UAE-based family conglomerate and one of the most diverse industrial groups in the Middle East. As the majority shareholder, Al Ghurair will play an important role in the future supply of fuel to the nation of Pakistan.

When completed, the TRL Refinery will annually produce 80,000 tonnes of LPG, 455,000 tonnes of Naphtha, 410,000 tonnes of motor gasoline, 422,000 tonnes of jet fuel, 1,000,000 tonnes of gas oil – from which 630,000 tonnes will be treated diesel – 1,050,000 tonnes of fuel oil and 200,000 tonnes of bitumen. All the products of the refinery are in high demand in Pakistan.
The TRL refinery will create at least 350 direct jobs and several thousand indirect job opportunities for Pakistani workers. Ghurair said: “Our parent company and major shareholder, Al Ghurair Investment LLC, has always been about creating long-lasting relationships - and TRL is committed to carrying on that tradition. Al Ghurair looks forward to playing a part in the future prosperity of Pakistan and its people - and the TRL refinery is proof of that commitment.”

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[alimohsan52]

Pakistan needs to start using all its natural resources

 

[Kompromat]

Gift of God to Pakistan. Shale gas is “natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations." In the US, the ‘shale gas revolution’has already begun. In 2000, shale gas was a paltry one percent of US natural gas production. Currently, around 25 percent of US natural gas production is shale gas and within the next 20 years 50 percent of the US’ natural gas supply will come from shale gas.

As of December 2011,Pakistan’s proved reserves of natural gas stood at around 30 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). According to a State Bank of Pakistan report,“Pakistan is left with only 50 percent natural gas reserves as high consumption in different sectors has exhausted 50 percent of the overall reserves of 54 Tcf by financial year of 2011-12.” Pakistan, as per the SBP, has “sufficient reserves to last just over 20 years.”

Gift of God to Pakistan. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), an agency of the US Federal Statistical System, Pakistan has 586 Tcf of “risked shale gas in-place.” For Pakistan, that is 400 years worth of gas supply. Of the 586 Tcf, Pakistan’s “technically recoverable shale gas resource is estimated at 105 Tcf.” For Pakistan, that is 73 years worth of gas supply.

Gift of God to, Pakistan. According to the EIA, Pakistan has 227 billion barrels of risked shale oil in-place. For Pakistan, that is 1,700 years worth of oil supply. Of the 227 billion barrels, Pakistan’s “technically recoverable shale oil resource is estimated at 9.1 billion.” For Pakistan, that is 68 years worth of crude oil supply.

The two shale formations have already been identified: the Sembar Shale formation and the Ranikot Shale formation. Within the Sembar Shale, dry gas in 31,320 square miles, wet gas in 25,560 square miles and oil in 26,700 square miles. Within the Ranikot Shale, oil in 26,780 square miles, 4 Tcf of wet shale gas and 3.3 billion barrels of shale oil.

Pakistan has the ninth largest shale oil reserves on the face of the planet. This gift of God can be a game-changer – abundant, cheap source of energy. Shale gas and oil assets have a life cycle-exploration, appraisal, development, production and rejuvenation. The critical processes involved are hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. The disciplines involved include geo-mechanics, geochemistry, mineralogy, rock mechanics, seismology and stimulation modelling.

Uncle Sam has all the secrets. And Uncle Sam is not opening up the secrets behind shale fracturing fluids, chemical management, hydraulic fracturing, multi-stage fracturing, directional well drilling, steerable down-hole drill motors and horizontal walls. Then there is the all-important risk management; drinking water well contamination and surface water contamination.

Uncle Sam has his secrets but according to Arshad Abbasi, Pakistan’s foremost energy-sector expert, Pakistan has guar or cluster bean – the essential ingredient in the shale gas fracturing process. For the record, Pakistan and India produce over 80 percent of global guar production – and that is so because guar loves the “sun and is very susceptible to frost”.

What we need is shale technology. A one-point agenda with Uncle Sam. We need to ‘think about future generations because if we don’t they’ll never forget us’.

The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad. Email: farrukh15@************. Twitter: @Saleemfarrukh

 

[Argus Panoptes]

@Aeronaut that "Gift from God" will lie sleeping under the ground for many years yet without any benefit to us.

 

[Devil Soul]

Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil
KHALEEQ KIANI
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the American federal authority on energy statistics and analysis, has estimated fresh recoverable shale gas reserves of 105 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and more than nine billion barrels of oil in Pakistan.

These estimates of recoverable hydrocarbon reserves are many times larger than so far proven reserves of 24 TCF for gas and about 300 million barrels for oil. Pakistan currently produces about 4.2 billion cubic feet of gas and about 70,000 barrels of oil per day.

A government official said the new estimates appeared to be ‘very very encouraging’ but it had not been shared with the government of Pakistan. He said the shale gas had seen tremendous developments in the United States and a couple of other countries were trying to use the latest technology. Pakistan, he said, was also encouraging exploration and production companies to venture into the fresh horizon.

According to a June 2013 estimates of the EIA based on surveys conducted by Advanced Resources International (ARI), a total of 1,170 TCF of risked shale gas are estimated for India-Pakistan region --584 TCF in India and 586 TCF in Pakistan.

In case of Pakistan these estimates are backed by proven studies and verified technical data “The risked, technically recoverable shale gas resource is estimated at 201 TCF, with 96 TCF in India and 105 TCF in Pakistan,” said the EIA.

The EIA also estimated risked shale oil in place for India/Pakistan of 314 billion barrels, with 87 billion barrels in India and 227 billion barrels in Pakistan. “The risked, technically recoverable shale oil resource is estimated at 12.9 billion barrels for those two countries, with 3.8 billion barrels for India and 9.1 billion barrels for Pakistan,” the EIA said.

The southern and central Indus basins are located in Pakistan, along border with India and Afghanistan which are bounded by the Indian shield on the east and highly folded and thrust mountains on the west.

The lower Indus basin has commercial oil and gas discoveries in the Cretaceous-age Goru Fm sands plus additional gas discoveries in shallower formations. The shales in the Sembar Formation are considered as the primary source rocks for these discoveries.

The EIA said that while oil and gas shows have been recorded in the Sembar Shale on the Thar Platform, no productive oil or gas wells have yet been drilled into the Sembar Shale.

About the resource assessment, the EIA said that within 31,320 sq miles of dry gas prospective area, the Sembar Shale in the lower Indus basin had a resource concentration of 83 billion cubic feet per square mile. Within the 25,560 square mile wet gas and condensate prospective are, the Sembar shale has resource concentration of 57 BCF per sq. miles of wet gas and nine million barrels per square mile of condensate. Within the 26,700 square miles oil prospective area, the Sembar Shale has a resource concentration of 37 million barrels per square mile.
Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil - DAWN.COM

 

[RiazHaq]

Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil
KHALEEQ KIANI
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the American federal authority on energy statistics and analysis, has estimated fresh recoverable shale gas reserves of 105 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and more than nine billion barrels of oil in Pakistan.

These estimates of recoverable hydrocarbon reserves are many times larger than so far proven reserves of 24 TCF for gas and about 300 million barrels for oil. Pakistan currently produces about 4.2 billion cubic feet of gas and about 70,000 barrels of oil per day.


Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil - DAWN.COM

So the Pakistani media finally found out about it....more than two months after I blogged about it.

Haq's Musings: US EIA Estimates Pak Shale Oil Reserves at 9.1 Billion Barrels

 

[Argus Panoptes]

So the Pakistani media finally found out about it....more than two months after I blogged about it.

Haq's Musings: US EIA Estimates Pak Shale Oil Reserves at 9.1 Billion Barrels

So with these "vast shale gas and oil reserves" and the "hugest coal despots in Thar" and the "mountains full of gold and copper in Reko Dik" we should be all set for the new few centuries.

Rejoice! Celebrate!

(May be not.)

 

[Bilal.]

So with these "vast shale gas and oil reserves" and the "hugest coal despots in Thar" and the "mountains full of gold and copper in Reko Dik" we should be all set for the new few centuries.

Rejoice! Celebrate!

(May be not.)

Your point being?

 

[pk_baloch]

Poora Balochistan aik Bullet Train K Peechy CHina K Hawaly.

Fears grow about Reko Diq Gold mines...Baloch senator says deal offered to China; government denies

WASHINGTON: While major world mining and investment companies are preparing to invest big time, big money in Balochistan, specially in the mining sector, suspicions and doubts that the biggest gold mine of Reko Diq may be quietly handed over to China as part of the growing economic ties are also coming to the fore.



Official and business circles have been wondering for some time what will happen to the multi-hundred billion dollar Reko Diq gold and copper mines after the world’s largest mining company, Barrick Gold of Canada, was thrown out of Pakistan by the Supreme Court of Pakistan during the PPP regime.



But after the recent visit of high level government delegation to China and a flurry of quick MoUs and super-paced exchange of visits, an important leader from Balochistan, former Senator Sana Baloch has alleged publicly that the government has promised these mines to China in a year or so.



While the Government leaders strongly denied any deal or any promise made during the Beijing visit, an official Pakistan Government statement assuring that the Reko Diq mines will be given to the highest bidder in an international tender is still awaited.



Meanwhile as the wait continues, world mining companies are expecting and waiting for Pakistan to float international the tenders inviting bids for Reko Diq and some are ready to offer more than $100 billion in 30 to 35 years, insiders of the mining industry say.



The ousted Barrick Gold had promised less than a billion a year in 56 years but they never shared what they had found during the many years of exploration they did in Reko Diq. What is generally believed is that Reko Diq is bigger than Afghan Aynak mines which were estimated by President Karzai at over $3 trillion.



Sana Baloch’s charge has come amid a frenzy of shuttle economic activity between Islamabad and Beijing. A top level economic delegation led by Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice chairman National Development and Reforms Commission (NRDC) is in Islamabad today and was asked by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal to raise ceiling of Chinese investments in Pakistan to $10 billion from present $3 billion.



The government has been speaking about Chinese investments of between $18 to $20 billion in Gwadar-Kashgar Highway, the bullet train and Lahore-Karachi Motorway in the coming years but what is not yet been explained is how the Chinese will be repaid for these investments.



One form of repayment is now being suspected in the form of handing over the $300 billion plus Reko Diq mines to China on the pattern of the Saindak Copper mines, at almost a throw-away price.



Senator Sana Baloch has made this allegation: “Chinese authorities were assured of getting the world’s richest copper-gold deposit, Reko-Diq, by next year – again without following international transparent norms.” “Shady deals in the name of brotherly relations have deprived the people of Balochistan of any benefits they can get from these resources. Not a single contract has ever been made public,” the angry senator from Balochistan says. “I repeatedly requested details of agreements and contracts signed during the Musharraf regime, but to no avail.”



The Reko Diq issue is awaiting a decision in the international arbitration forums where the Canadian Barrick Gold has filed cases against Pakistan for compensation. These cases may be decided in a few months and involve only a few million dollars but the world mining market is preparing seriously for bidding for the mines in a big way as these companies realize that Reko Diq offers billions of dollars of profits and financial opportunity for the host country.



In one such case, three weeks back the Delloite Finance Corporation of Canada, the single largest professional services organization in the world in 2010, issued a Letter of Interest, through its mining division, to an American mining company preparing for the big tender in a joint venture with a major Australian capital markets investment organization which has at least 10 world class mining companies ready to bid for Reko Diq.



Experts fear that if the Government did not opt for a transparent international tender for Reko Diq, hundreds of billions of dollars may be lost in the coming years just like the Saindak Copper mines where Pakistan did not benefit significantly as General Musharraf first gave the mines to China and then extended the deal for another five years.



No details of what Pakistan gained are available as against the potential and the promises that were made but Senator Sana Baloch says Gwadar, Saindak, the Duddar Lead-Zinc project and several other such deals are a complete mystery for the common Baloch.



He says the multi-billion copper-gold Saindak project is being extracted, without any monitoring in the past 10 years by a Chinese company. “According to official reports, copper-gold worth $633.573m was extracted during 2004-08. The Balochistan government received a paltry two percent share, while half the profits go to Beijing and 48 percent to Islamabad,” he says in an article sent to The News. (see page-6)



For Reko Diq the Supreme Court, although in a veiled reference, guided the Government of Balochistan to hold an international tender like the one held in Afghanistan’s Anyak Copper deposit.



In the Afghan tender, supervised by the World Bank, eight international companies from many countries had contested. It was globally reported that a Chinese company allegedly tried to bribe a Minister in Afghanistan paying him $30 million but was caught.



Experts say if for an investment of up to $20 billion over the next 20 years, the Chinese are handed over the multi-hundred billion Reko Diq mines, in a non-transparent manner, it would be the greatest open and shut robbery and treachery with the country.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-Ne...says-deal-offered-to-China;-government-denies



By getting what is its right, Pakistan can build many motorways and bullet trains on its own, provided the rulers keep the national interest in mind, says one mining expert.
@Talon @Zarvan @zaki @Aeronauts @RiazHaq @darkinsky @Spring Onion @Devil Soul @Menace2Society @shan @Nassr [MENTION=139145] @Samlee @RazPaK [MENTION=2412] @Raja.Pakistani @cb4 @Abu Zolfiqar @Jazzbot @Leader @SHAMK9 [MENTION=139145] AND OTHERS

 

[Bilal.]

Reko diq should be developed locally with extraction and smelting done in house. We should not allow it to be handed over to anyone.

 

[farhan_9909]

Some major updates and more discoveries again by EIA

Pak shale gas reserves updated are 105tcf not 51tcf anymore

in short of whole of the south asia pakistan hold more than 60% of the total shale gas and oil reserves

Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil
KHALEEQ KIANI
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the American federal authority on energy statistics and analysis, has estimated fresh recoverable shale gas reserves of 105 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and more than nine billion barrels of oil in Pakistan.

These estimates of recoverable hydrocarbon reserves are many times larger than so far proven reserves of 24 TCF for gas and about 300 million barrels for oil. Pakistan currently produces about 4.2 billion cubic feet of gas and about 70,000 barrels of oil per day.

A government official said the new estimates appeared to be ‘very very encouraging’ but it had not been shared with the government of Pakistan. He said the shale gas had seen tremendous developments in the United States and a couple of other countries were trying to use the latest technology. Pakistan, he said, was also encouraging exploration and production companies to venture into the fresh horizon.

According to a June 2013 estimates of the EIA based on surveys conducted by Advanced Resources International (ARI), a total of 1,170 TCF of risked shale gas are estimated for India-Pakistan region --584 TCF in India and 586 TCF in Pakistan.

In case of Pakistan these estimates are backed by proven studies and verified technical data “The risked, technically recoverable shale gas resource is estimated at 201 TCF, with 96 TCF in India and 105 TCF in Pakistan,” said the EIA.

The EIA also estimated risked shale oil in place for India/Pakistan of 314 billion barrels, with 87 billion barrels in India and 227 billion barrels in Pakistan. “The risked, technically recoverable shale oil resource is estimated at 12.9 billion barrels for those two countries, with 3.8 billion barrels for India and 9.1 billion barrels for Pakistan,” the EIA said.

The southern and central Indus basins are located in Pakistan, along border with India and Afghanistan which are bounded by the Indian shield on the east and highly folded and thrust mountains on the west.

The lower Indus basin has commercial oil and gas discoveries in the Cretaceous-age Goru Fm sands plus additional gas discoveries in shallower formations. The shales in the Sembar Formation are considered as the primary source rocks for these discoveries.

The EIA said that while oil and gas shows have been recorded in the Sembar Shale on the Thar Platform, no productive oil or gas wells have yet been drilled into the Sembar Shale.

About the resource assessment, the EIA said that within 31,320 sq miles of dry gas prospective area, the Sembar Shale in the lower Indus basin had a resource concentration of 83 billion cubic feet per square mile. Within the 25,560 square mile wet gas and condensate prospective are, the Sembar shale has resource concentration of 57 BCF per sq. miles of wet gas and nine million barrels per square mile of condensate. Within the 26,700 square miles oil prospective area, the Sembar Shale has a resource concentration of 37 million barrels per square mile.
Pakistan said to have large reserves of shale gas, oil - DAWN.COM