It was reported in October 2019 that Mari Petroleum Company Ltd (MPCL) has been awarded the Ghauri D&PL (development and production lease) over its Ghauri X-1 oil discovery in Potwar Basin and it has been made effective retrospectively from 1 January 2016. The lease, which has been excised from the Ghauri 3273-3 EL concession, covers 17.50 sq km area and is located in the Jhelum and Rawalpindi districts of the Punjab province. The equity split is as follows: MPCL 65% (operator) and Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) 35%.  MPCL had announced the Ghauri X-1 oil discovery on 30 April 2014. The company reported that successful drill stem tests (DSTs) were carried out in the Cambrian Kussak and Eocene Sakesar formations. The well, post-acidisation, flowed from the Sakesar Formation at a rate of 5,500 bo/d through a 32/64â choke with a pressure of 1,100 psi. The same formation, without acidisation, had flowed 1,200 bo/d through a 28/64â choke. The well flowed from the Kussak Formation in surges, with nitrogen lift, at a rate of 136 bo/d.
MPCL (Mari Petroleum 65% op, PPL 35%) has been awarded the Ghauri D&PL.