Mari Petroleum Company Ltd (MPCL) has been exclusively awarded the Wali West 3269-1 EL (Pishin-Katawaz Basin) exploration licence on 18 November 2019. The licence covers an area of 1,610 sq km and it is located in the South and North Waziristan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The block was offered under the âOnshore Bid Round 2018â and it is awarded to MPCL after the highest bid from SPEC was rejected by the government.  The bidding round was launched from 13 September 2018 to 26 November 2018 under which 10 onshore blocks were offered.
Mari Petroleum was awarded the Wali West 3269-1 EL, offered as part of the 2018 onshore bid round.