All across Pakistan - in Punjab, Sindh, Sarhad and Balochistan it seems that there are vast resources of oil and gas deposits waiting to be explored.
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Is Pakistan sitting on a potential oil and gas bonanza?
Pakistan rich in oil, gas reserves: expert
RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: Pakistan is situated in a zone which has abundant oil and gas reserves, said Dr Wasim Piracha, Geophysical Consultant. Talking to a group of journalists here on Sunday, Dr Wasim Piracha, who had been associated with the field of geophysics for the last 20 years in Copenhagen and Stolkhom, said Pakistan was located in a zone where they have tectonism, subduction and plain area full of oil and gas reserves.
However, he said, professional and internationally reputed experts should be hired for gas and oil exploration. Besides modern equipment and trained manpower were also needed to make progress in that vital field.
"We should train people who are not aware of oil exploration technologies being used by the major oil companies in Western countries and US," he said, adding the Pakistani companies engaged in oil and gas exploration and the ministry concerned should make structural geological maps of Pakistan for both on land and offshore exploration.
The maps should be drawn by using satellite imaging techniques and geophysical interpretation of lower part of the earth.
In this connection, Dr Wasim Piracha cited the example of Kohat and Potohar areas, which according to him were full of oil reserves but due to non-availability of related maps, no drilling could be done there.
He said Makran was the third offshore subduction zone in the world and had huge oil reserves. Similarly, he said, Himalayan mountainous ranges also have oil reserves. He said in both the areas high quality of oil could be explored by deep drilling.
Dr Wasim Piracha said oil resources could also be explored in Northern Himalayan zone and glaciers as Norway had oil field in snow-covered areas in the North of the country while in Greenland too Geological Survey of Denmark had found hydrocarbon prospects.
He said there were two types of offshore basins in Pakistan one is Indus offshore zone
and other is Makran offshore zone. These basins were divided by a ridge called Murray Ridge, which played an important role for hydrocarbon analysis and research due to its geo-dynamics and tectonic movement.
He said Murray range and surrounding areas should be used for oil and gas exploration. He said Northern and Southern parts of the country should be considered more seriously than the other parts of the country for oil and gas exploration.
He said Makran offshore have lot of gas hydrates and volcanic activity which needs to be studied. If Oman has number of offshore oil fields then why Pakistan should not consider Makran offshore areas for oil exploration, he added.
Dr Wasim Piracha said in Western countries the oil companies sought help of university students for data collection for oil exploration and this healthy example should be followed in Pakistan.
Moreover, he said, there are no official oil and gas exploration website of Pakistan which was hindering country's exposure at international level. Websites should be developed to inform the foreign investors and oil companies of the oil and gas potential of the country.-APP
http://www.dawn.com/2000/11/20/top15.htm
Is Pakistan sitting on a potential oil and gas bonanza?
Pakistan rich in oil, gas reserves: expert
RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: Pakistan is situated in a zone which has abundant oil and gas reserves, said Dr Wasim Piracha, Geophysical Consultant. Talking to a group of journalists here on Sunday, Dr Wasim Piracha, who had been associated with the field of geophysics for the last 20 years in Copenhagen and Stolkhom, said Pakistan was located in a zone where they have tectonism, subduction and plain area full of oil and gas reserves.
However, he said, professional and internationally reputed experts should be hired for gas and oil exploration. Besides modern equipment and trained manpower were also needed to make progress in that vital field.
"We should train people who are not aware of oil exploration technologies being used by the major oil companies in Western countries and US," he said, adding the Pakistani companies engaged in oil and gas exploration and the ministry concerned should make structural geological maps of Pakistan for both on land and offshore exploration.
The maps should be drawn by using satellite imaging techniques and geophysical interpretation of lower part of the earth.
In this connection, Dr Wasim Piracha cited the example of Kohat and Potohar areas, which according to him were full of oil reserves but due to non-availability of related maps, no drilling could be done there.
He said Makran was the third offshore subduction zone in the world and had huge oil reserves. Similarly, he said, Himalayan mountainous ranges also have oil reserves. He said in both the areas high quality of oil could be explored by deep drilling.
Dr Wasim Piracha said oil resources could also be explored in Northern Himalayan zone and glaciers as Norway had oil field in snow-covered areas in the North of the country while in Greenland too Geological Survey of Denmark had found hydrocarbon prospects.
He said there were two types of offshore basins in Pakistan one is Indus offshore zone
and other is Makran offshore zone. These basins were divided by a ridge called Murray Ridge, which played an important role for hydrocarbon analysis and research due to its geo-dynamics and tectonic movement.
He said Murray range and surrounding areas should be used for oil and gas exploration. He said Northern and Southern parts of the country should be considered more seriously than the other parts of the country for oil and gas exploration.
He said Makran offshore have lot of gas hydrates and volcanic activity which needs to be studied. If Oman has number of offshore oil fields then why Pakistan should not consider Makran offshore areas for oil exploration, he added.
Dr Wasim Piracha said in Western countries the oil companies sought help of university students for data collection for oil exploration and this healthy example should be followed in Pakistan.
Moreover, he said, there are no official oil and gas exploration website of Pakistan which was hindering country's exposure at international level. Websites should be developed to inform the foreign investors and oil companies of the oil and gas potential of the country.-APP
nice one.
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