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MOL Pakistan makes 3 new discoveries in the TAL Block with Razgir-1 exploratory well

le 17/08/2024 europetrole

MOL Pakistan (MOL Group) has made 3 significant gas discoveries in the TAL Block, where the company has operated for 25 years and produced hydrocarbons for 19 years. The Razgir-1 exploratory well was spudded on 9 January 2024, and drilled to 3,950 meters. Three successful well tests have been performed so far in 3 separate geological formations. MOL is the operator of the TAL Block and its share is 8.4 % of the volumes produced.

MOL spudded the Razgir-1 well in January 2024 and completed it ahead of the target date while testing operations are in progress to ascertain the full potential of the well.

Gas and condensate were discovered in 3 reservoirs. In total, “Lumshiwal-1 Formation” tested approx. 3800 boepd of gas and condensate. The “Kawagarh Formation” tested at approx. 3000 boepd, while in the “Lockhart Formation”, an approximate flow rate of 3500 boepd was achieved. With production strategy still to be assessed, MOL’s share is expected in the 400-800 boepd range, adding up to cca. 1% to the Group’s total hydrocarbon production.

“By using state-of-the-art technology combined with the creativity of our highly skilled colleagues, MOL Pakistan was able to secure these discoveries in the TAL Block, in a mature area where the company has carried out exploration and production activity for 25 years. This result shows the resilience and professionalism of our team that provides energy supply security in Pakistan for two decades. The new well marks the long-awaited exploration campaign recommencement in the TAL Block and a major milestone for MOL Pakistan. We look forward to the production phase of the project” – said Zsombor Marton, Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, MOL Group.

MOL Pakistan, a fully owned subsidiary of MOL Group, has been operating in Pakistan since 1999. The Company holds working interests in 4 blocks and operatorship in the TAL and Margalla Blocks.

MOL made its first hydrocarbon discovery in Pakistan in 2002 and has since announced a total of 13 commercial discoveries, most recently in 2020 in the TAL block with the drilling of Mamikhel South-1 well. Since entering the Pakistani market, MOL has discovered more than 400 million barrels of oil equivalent of proven and probable (2P) reserves in the TAL Block. As the operating shareholder, MOL is responsible for 65 mboepd gross production in the TAL Block. MOL’s partners in the Joint Venture consortium are local O&G companies, OGDCL, PPL, POL and GHPL and MOL’s share is 8.4% of the volumes produced.

MOL Pakistan contributes substantially to the energy security of Pakistan. With the production of 15,000 barrels/day, the company is the 2nd largest condensate producer in the country, 2nd largest in LPG production with 425 metric tons/day and the 5th largest gas producer, extracting 250 million standard cubic feet/day.

The company plays an important role in MOL Group's international portfolio, representing 7% of the group’s total hydrocarbon production.

Karachi 2: Final sign-off for first Hualong One export
21 May 2024


Representatives from China and Pakistan formally signed the final acceptance certificate for Karachi unit 2, just over three years after the 1100 MWe unit started up.

Karachi 2 was declared in commercial operation in May 2021. Since then, various performance indicators have been gradually optimised, and operating performance and WANO indicators have been continuously improved, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. The unit has generated a total of nearly 23 billion kWh, reducing coal consumption by 7.176 million tonnes and carbon dioxide emissions by 18.768 million tonnes per year.

Experience gained from the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the unit will be used to improve new projects, including preparations for the construction of Chashma unit 5 - for which a ground-breaking ceremony was held last year - the company added.
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11 avr. 2024, 15:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4AHQgTAs4
Une vidéo sur les tensions ethniques au Pakistan et le lien avec l'Afghanistan et l'Iran. Ou comment l'existence même du Pakistan est peut être en danger.

OGDCL Declares Gas Discovery in Pakistan's Khewari Block

by Paul Anderson|Rigzone Staff|Thursday, February 22, 2024

Pakistani oil and gas exploration player Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd. (OGDCL) has announced a “significant gas-condensate discovery“ at the Kharo-1 well located in District Khairpur, Sindh Province.

OGDCL operates the Khewari Block, holding 95 percent working interest, with Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL) holding five percent.

OGDCL said in a news release that the execution of drilling and testing operations for the Kharo-1 well structure undertaken with its proprietary expertise reached a depth of 3,762 meters (12,342 feet). In subsequent testing procedures OGDCL registered 14.3 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of gas. This is in addition to 93 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate.

The results were attained at a 32/64-inch choke size, under a wellhead flowing pressure (WHFP) of 2,737 pounds per square inch (psi) emanating from the massive sand strata of the Lower Goru Formation, the company said.

Kharo-1 has the potential to significantly enhance the hydrocarbon reserves of OGDCL and its joint venture partners, it said

The Kharo-1 well discovery came after the discovery at the Dars West Well 2 in district Tando Allah Yar, Sindh Province. OGDCL is operator of the Dars West Development and Production Lease with a 77.5 percent working interest. Its joint venture partner GHPL holds a 22.5 percent working interest. During the tests ran at the well in December last year, the JV recorded 8.51 MMscfd of gas and 360 bpd of condensate through a choke size of 32/64“ at WHFP of 1947 PSI from the Lower Guru C-Sand.

La population du Pakistan a augmenté de 35 millions d'habitants en seulement six ans

La population du Pakistan s'élève à 250 millions de personnes et a connu ces dernières années un taux de croissance annuel de 2,5%. Un taux "supérieur à la croissance économique", a souligné le Premier ministre du pays.

Une hausse qui représente la moitié de la population française. La population du Pakistan a augmenté de 35 millions d'habitants en seulement six ans, et s'élève désormais à 250 millions, selon les résultats du dernier recensement publiés samedi.

Ce taux de croissance annuel de 2,5% représente un "grand défi" pour le pays, a déclaré le Premier ministre Shehbaz Sharif, soulignant qu'il était "supérieur à la croissance économique".

Des années de mauvaise gestion financière ont poussé l'économie pakistanaise vers l'effondrement, une situation exacerbée par la pandémie de Covid, la crise énergétique mondiale et des inondations record qui ont submergé un tiers du pays en 2022. Un peu plus de 37% de la population y vit sous le seuil de pauvreté, avec moins de 3,65 dollars par jour, en 2023, selon la Banque Mondiale.
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Ground-breaking ceremony held for Pakistan's Chashma 5
14 July 2023

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the 1200 MWe unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power plant, which is being built by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).


Chashma 5 will be the seventh Chinese reactor in Pakistan (Image: CNNC)

The event follows Pakistan's signing of a USD4.8 billion deal with China last month to build the Hualong One reactor at the plant, which is in Punjab province. That announcement by Sharif, who became prime minister last year, ended a long delay for the project which had originally been planned to start around 2021.

The Chashma site - also referred to as Chasnupp - is already home to four Chinese-supplied CNP-300 pressurised water reactors, which were connected to the grid between 2000 and 2017.

Two 1161 MWe Chinese-supplied Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors have been constructed as units 2 and 3 of the Karachi plant in Sindh province, marking the first exports of CNNC's Hualong One design. Construction of unit 2 began in 2015 and unit 3 in 2016. These entered commercial operation in May 2021 and April 2022, respectively. In total Pakistan currently has six operable reactors, supplied by China.

CNNC described the ground-breaking as a further "milestone" for bilateral relations and said the project "will further enhance Pakistan's energy security, promote economic development, and improve the well-being of the local people. It also has significant importance in building a closer China-Pakistan partnership with a shared future in the new era".

CNNC added that "at the ceremony, China and Pakistan reached a consensus on enhancing collaboration across the entire industry chain and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results".

According to Pakistan's state-run PTV news channel, Sharif praised the support from China for the project and said the aim was to complete the unit within seven or eight years but "keeping in mind the country’s requirements of clean and cheap energy sources" he hoped the project would be completed sooner.

Agreement reached for Chashma unit 5

21 June 2023

Pakistan has signed a USD4.8 billion deal with China to construct a Hualong One reactor as unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power plant in Pakistan's Punjab province, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced.


Chashma units 1-4 (Image: CNNC)
Speaking on state-run news channel PTV following the signing of the memorandum of understanding between China National Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Sharif said construction of Chashma 5 will begin immediately.

He noted the decision to start this project had been taken and the main conditions were agreed during the government of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. In November 2017, CNNC and PAEC signed a cooperation agreement on the construction of a Hualong One reactor as Chashma unit 5. The project was originally planned to start around 2021 but it was delayed under the following government.

Sharif, who became prime minister last year, said that due to higher international inflation, the project cost would have been much higher than that determined in 2017-18, the Daily Times reported. However, the Chinese government not only "abstained from raising the cost according to the inflation but also gave a discount of around Rs30 billion (USD105 million)".

"We are deeply obliged to President Xi, Chinese leadership, sincere thanks to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his team for working hard to strike the agreement with the Chinese counterpart," he said. "Investment from China in this project to the tune of USD4.8 billion sends a message loud and clear that Pakistan is a place where Chinese companies and investors continue to show their trust and faith."

The Chashma site - also referred to as Chasnupp - is already home to four Chinese-supplied CNP-300 pressurised water reactors, which were connected to the grid between 2000 and 2017.

Two 1161 MWe Chinese-supplied Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors have been constructed as units 2 and 3 of the Karachi plant in Sindh province, marking the first exports of CNNC's Hualong One design. Construction of unit 2 began in 2015 and unit 3 in 2016. These entered commercial operation in May 2021 and April 2022, respectively.

Le Pakistan reçoit une première cargaison de pétrole russe à prix réduit

AFP le 12 juin 2023

Une première cargaison de pétrole russe doit être livrée lundi au Pakistan, confronté à des pénuries d'énergie et à un manque de devises, a annoncé le Premier ministre pakistanais, Shehbaz Sharif.

Un navire transportant du "pétrole brut (russe) à prix réduit" est arrivé dimanche au port de Karachi, dans le sud du Pakistan, et la cargaison doit être déchargée lundi, a indiqué dimanche soir M. Sharif sur Twitter. "C'est la toute première livraison de pétrole russe au Pakistan et le début d'une nouvelle relation entre le Pakistan et la Fédération de Russie", a-t-il déclaré.

Depuis le lancement de son offensive militaire contre l'Ukraine l'an passé, Moscou est visé par des sanctions économiques occidentales et a fortement réduit ses livraisons d'hydrocarbures vers l'Europe et les États-Unis, se tournant vers l'Asie pour compenser.

Le Pakistan, aux prises avec une crise économique qui a encore accentué ses pénuries récurrentes d'énergie, avait confirmé en mai avoir conclu un accord avec la Russie pour l'achat de son pétrole. Le secrétaire d'État pakistanais au Pétrole, Musadik Malik, avait par le passé précisé que ces produits pétroliers russes seraient payés dans la monnaie de "pays amis", les réserves en dollars du Pakistan étant depuis des mois à des niveaux dangereusement bas. Le volume de cette première livraison de pétrole serait de 100 000 tonnes, selon les médias pakistanais.

Le Pakistan, cinquième pays le plus peuplé au monde, est au bord du défaut de paiement, avec une inflation incontrôlée, une devise nationale - la roupie - qui s'est énormément dépréciée, et des réserves en dollars à leur minimum, ce qui amoindrit ses capacités d'importation et pèse sur la production industrielle.

Le pays bataille aussi avec le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) pour obtenir le déblocage d'une tranche d'un prêt de 6,5 milliards de dollars conclu en 2019, mais les discussions sont dans l'impasse depuis des mois. Islamabad importe 84% de ses produits pétroliers, essentiellement depuis les pays alliés du Golfe.

Le secteur pakistanais de l'énergie souffre de pénuries depuis des années, en raison d'une mauvaise gestion, d'un manque de capacité de stockage et des faiblesses de son économie. La Banque mondiale a annoncé la semaine dernière anticiper une faible récession de l'économie russe cette année, car Moscou a réussi à réorienter ses exportations en gaz et son pétrole, notamment vers l'Inde et dans une moindre mesure la Chine, compensant ainsi les effets de l'embargo.

Karachi 3 receives operating licence

01 June 2023

The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has granted an operating licence for unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant, the second of two Chinese-supplied Hualong One reactors at the site.

Units 2 and 3 of the Karachi site - near Paradise Point in the province of Sindh - are the first exports of China National Nuclear Corporation's 1100 MWe Hualong One pressurised water reactor, which is also promoted on the international market as HPR1000.

Construction of unit 2 began in 2015, with that of unit 3 following in May 2016. Karachi 2 achieved first criticality in February 2021 and was connected to the grid the following month after the completion of commissioning tests. The then Prime Minister Imran Khan formally inaugurated unit 2 on 21 May 2021. Unit 2 was granted an operating licence by PNRA in June 2022.

Unit 3 achieved first criticality on 21 February 2022 and was connected to the grid on 4 March. It passed acceptance tests on 18 April 2022, marking its entry into commercial operation. A ceremony has been held to mark the inauguration of unit 3 in February this year.

After the successful completion of criticality and pre-operational tests, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission applied for the issuance of an operating licence for Karachi 3 in October 2022.

PNRA said "upon completion of regulatory review and assessment and inspection processes of the licensing submissions and satisfactory resolution of all regulatory issues", it issued the operating licence on 31 May.

The Karachi site - also sometimes referred to as KANUPP - was home to Pakistan's first nuclear power reactor, Karachi 1 - a small 100 MWe (90 MWe net) Canadian pressurised heavy water reactor which shut down in 2021 after 50 years of operation.

The first domestic demonstration plants of CNNC's Hualong One design are Fuqing 5 and 6, in China's Fujian province. The units entered commercial operation in January 2021 and March 2022, respectively.

Tensions. Après l’arrestation d’Imran Khan, de violentes manifestations éclatent au Pakistan

L’arrestation musclée, mardi 9 mai, de l’ancien Premier ministre, devenu figure d’opposition, menace de faire sombrer le pays dans le chaos, souligne la presse pakistanaise.

Pakistan Has Bought Its First Russian Oil Cargo. Now What?

By Osama Rizvi - Apr 20, 2023,

> Pakistan has bought its first discounted Russian oil cargo, potentially reducing its reliance on Middle Eastern oil producers.

> The move presents technical challenges, such as adapting refineries to process the heavy-grade sour Russian oil.

> The purchase could also have diplomatic implications, potentially complicating negotiations for a bailout with the IMF and straining relationships with long-term vendors Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil, a move that could potentially reduce the country's reliance on Middle Eastern oil producers. The order amounts to around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Russian crude oil, which does not include related products. In 2022, Pakistan imported 154,000 bpd of oil, with most of it coming from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The introduction of Russian crude could have a significant impact on the supplies from Middle Eastern producers, which may not be welcomed and could lead to future issues. It's worth noting that Pakistan imports around 500,000 bpd of oil.
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