Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) has plugged and abandoned (P&A) the Durab X-1 new field wildcat (NFW) well within the Kotri 2468-12 EL (Lower Indus Basin) onshore exploration licence during late July 2019 after drilling to a TD of 2,415 m. The well was spudded on 30 June 2019 using the Schlumbergerâs SLR-225 land rig with a prognosed TD of 2,415 m in the Cretaceous.  The Kotri EL licence, located in the Sujjawal district of Sindh province, covers an area of 1,660 sq km and PPL hold 100% equity in the block.    PPL had announced the Yasar X-1 gas and condensates discovery on 13 August 2018. It was drilled to a TD of 2,720 m and was reported to have flowed 3.2 MMcfg/d and 475 bc/d through 32/64â choke during drill stem test (DST) from the âUpper Sandâ unit of Cretaceous Lower Goru Formation.     Â     Background Information    Kotri EL, which originally covered an area of 2,378 sq km, was awarded to PPL on 29 April 2010 under the 2009 Licensing Round. The 2009 Licensing Round was launched by the Directorate General of Petroleum Concessions (DGPC) on behalf of the Government of Pakistan on 25 June 2009. This followed shortly after the approval of new Petroleum Exploration & Production Policy 2009 and Model Petroleum Concession Agreement (PCA) / Pakistan Petroleum (Exploration & Production) Rules.     Nine wells have been drilled in the area to date, one of which, Charo 1, was suspended as a gas discovery by Tullow Pakistan Ltd in June 1995 after reaching TD at 1,340 m. A further two wells encountered minor quantities of gas: Burdi Babar 1, which was plugged and abandoned (P&A) by Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) in April 1986 after reaching TD at 3,658 m, and Meting 1, which was P&A by Tullow Pakistan Ltd in December 1997 after reaching TD at 4,290 m.    PPL conducted a 2D seismic campaign over the block between February and July 2011 - a total of 599 line km was acquired during this survey. The company was granted a 24-month extension to the third contract year of the Kotri EL with effect from 29 April 2013.     The company acquired 426 sq km of 3D seismic (vibroseis / dynamite source) over the block during June to November 2014 using a Sinopec crew. On the basis of this seismic, two prospects were identified which were planned to be drilled during 2016.    PPL was granted a renewal to the Kotri EL and the block entered into two-year Phase-II with effect from 29 April 2015. The licence area also reduced to 1,660 sq km. The company acquired 374 sq km 3D seismic over the block during December 2016-March 2017 using the Bureau of Geophysical Prospectingâs (BGP) âBGP-9501-Aâ seismic crew. PPL was granted a 12-month extension to the Phase-II of initial term of the licence from 28 April 2017 to 27 April 2018.    PPL made the Kotri X-1 tight gas discovery in the block in May 2016. PPL announced on 19 May 2016 that during cased-hole drill stem test, the well flowed good quality gas at an average rate of 3.4 MMcfg/d at flowing wellhead pressure of 608 psi from the Massive Sand unit of the Cretaceous Lower Goru Formation. The well was drilled to a TD of 3,892 m. The Kotri prospect was understood to be a north-northwest â south-southeast trending, fault-bounded, anticlinal structure.    The company earlier drilled Rajab X-1 NFW which was abandoned in May 2018 at a TD of 4,090 m after proved as dry well. It was spudded on 3 April 2018.
Durab X1 nfw (UEPL 50% op. Asia Resources Oil 10%, PPL 40%) in Kotri North 2568-21 EL, P&A, the well is assumed to have been dry, and it is not clear if the well was tested prior to abandonment.