In a significant development, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has achieved another milestone with a second major gas and condensate discovery in Sindh.

According to a PPL statement, gas recovery was made at PPL’s exploratory well, Pateji X-1, located in Shah Bandar Block, District Sujawal.

It is the fourth consecutive hydrocarbon discovery in the block operated by PPL, which holds a 63 percent working interest (WI) alongside joint venture partners Mari Petroleum Company Limited (32 percent WI), Sindh Energy Holding Company Limited, and Government Holdings (Private) Limited (2.5 percent WI each).

The new reserves will boost the country’s hydrocarbon base, reduce reliance on costly energy imports, and save valuable foreign exchange.’

Following the initial discovery from the Upper Sand (D-Sand) reservoir, further testing of the Upper Sands in the Lower Goru Formation confirmed a promising hydrocarbon zone.

Drilling results and wireline log data led to testing, yielding an impressive flow rate of 12.4 MMscfd gas and 196 bbl/d condensate at 2,551 psig wellhead pressure on a 32/64′ choke from the C-Sand reservoir. Pateji X-1 was spud on October 11, 2024, after detailed geological and geophysical evaluations and was drilled to a depth of 2,475 meters to explore the potential of the Lower Goru Formation.