Peshawar, 15th July: Pakistan has found new reserves of oil and gas in the well Mamikhel South-01, located in Tal block in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).
According to reports, after the discovery of oil and gas, it is expected that the country’s reliance on energy imports will slightly slash and it may help in cutting the import bill.
“Well test has shown 3,240 barrels of condensate per day, 16.12 mmscf (million standard cubic feet) of gas per day, and 48 barrels of water per day,” Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) said in a notification to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday.
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“Actual production may differ significantly from the test results,” it said. POL holds a pre-commerciality working interest of 25%, it said. MOL Pakistan, a fully owned subsidiary of Hungarian multinational oil and gas exploration firm MOL Group, is the operator of Tal block with an 8.4% stake.
As per reports from the Express Tribune, in the block, POL holds a 21% stake, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) 28%, and Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) 28%, according to Sherman Securities. The announcement sparked extensive buying in relevant stocks at the PSX.
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Accordingly, POL’s share price increased Rs15.08, or 4.07%, to close at Rs385.50 with 1.14 million shares changing hands.
PPL’s share price improved Rs 1.05, or 1.10%, to close at Rs 96.61 with trading in 23.33 million shares.
Meanwhile, OGDC’s share price inched up to Rs 0.09, or 0.08%, to Rs 115.32 with a turnover of 4.37 million shares.
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According to tradingeconomics.com, Pakistan produced 85,000 barrels of oil per day in March 2020. However, the country meets around 80% of oil demand through imports.
Similarly, the country produces less than 4 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcfd) against a total requirement of around 7 bcfd. It partially meets local demand through imports and manages the total requirement by conducting load-shedding for industries.
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Pakistan’s energy imports stood at $9.8 billion, which constituted around one-fourth of total imports of $40.86 billion in the first 11 months (July-May) of the previous fiscal year (FY20), according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The brokerage house said the drilling of exploratory well Mamikhel South-01 started in October 2019 and it reached a total depth of 4,939 meters on May 23, 2020, before encountering hydrocarbon deposits.
“As per our calculation, the annualized EPS (earnings per share) impact for POL, PPL, and OGDC will be around Rs4.5, Rs0.6 and Rs0.4 respectively,” it said. “We have taken current Arab Light crude oil price at $42 per barrel in our calculation.”
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