It was reported in November 2017 that Kirthar Pakistan BV (KPBV) has assigned 2.5% working interest in Paharpur 3170-5 EL (Indus Basin) onshore concession to Government Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (GHPL) and 2.43% to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Ltd (KPOGCL) with effect from 13 March 2015. As a result the revised equity split is as follows: KPBV 95.07% (operator), GHPL 2.5% and KPOGCL 2.43%. Paharpur EL, which covers an area of 2,213 sq km in the Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Bhakkar districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Punjab provinces, was exclusively awarded to KPBV, a subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), on 13 March 2015. No wells have been drilled within the licence to date.Â  KPOGCL carried out 1,178 LKM 2D seismic acquisition (dynamite source) in the block from October 2016 to March 2017 using the Bureau of Geophysical Prospectingâs (BGP) â9501-Bâ seismic crew.
Pakistan, Paharpur 3170-5 EL