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Title: Union Texas hopes to reproduce its Pakistan Badin experience

Abstract

Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc. has resolved to transplant elsewhere in the world the success of tis 20 year old grass-roots exploration effort on the Badin block in Pakistan. Union Texas Pakistan Inc. (UTP) is actively seeking exploration concessions in Pakistan, and the parent company is on an international bent aimed at finding other areas where it might reproduce its performance in Pakistan. The 104 exploratory wells drilled through April 1, 1997, resulted in 47 discoveries and 57 dry holes for a 45% success rate. Some oil and gas are produced from the Middle Sand units, and some gas is produced from the Basal Sand units. The 1997 Badin exploration plan called for 11 exploratory wells, including one, Tarai Deep-3, that would test a new play concept in Jurassic Chiltan. It also called for Badin`s first 3D seismic surveys, at South Buzdar and Tangri fields on the northern part of the block, and 146 km of 2D seismic acquisition. The paper discusses Badin development, drilling status, operating challenges, oil price and sales, gas markets, local effects, and future developments.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
541191
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 44; Other Information: PBD: 3 Nov 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; 02 PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; PAKISTAN; WELL DRILLING; EXPLORATORY WELLS; PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PRICES; PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS

Citation Formats

Petzet, G A. Union Texas hopes to reproduce its Pakistan Badin experience. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Petzet, G A. Union Texas hopes to reproduce its Pakistan Badin experience. United States.
Petzet, G A. 1997. "Union Texas hopes to reproduce its Pakistan Badin experience". United States.
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title = {Union Texas hopes to reproduce its Pakistan Badin experience},
author = {Petzet, G A},
abstractNote = {Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc. has resolved to transplant elsewhere in the world the success of tis 20 year old grass-roots exploration effort on the Badin block in Pakistan. Union Texas Pakistan Inc. (UTP) is actively seeking exploration concessions in Pakistan, and the parent company is on an international bent aimed at finding other areas where it might reproduce its performance in Pakistan. The 104 exploratory wells drilled through April 1, 1997, resulted in 47 discoveries and 57 dry holes for a 45% success rate. Some oil and gas are produced from the Middle Sand units, and some gas is produced from the Basal Sand units. The 1997 Badin exploration plan called for 11 exploratory wells, including one, Tarai Deep-3, that would test a new play concept in Jurassic Chiltan. It also called for Badin`s first 3D seismic surveys, at South Buzdar and Tangri fields on the northern part of the block, and 146 km of 2D seismic acquisition. The paper discusses Badin development, drilling status, operating challenges, oil price and sales, gas markets, local effects, and future developments.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/541191}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal},
number = 44,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}