It was reported in November 2019 that Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) has assigned 5% working interest in the Tirah 3370-14 EL (Pishin-Katawaz Basin) onshore licence to Government Holdings Pvt Ltd (GHPL) which was made effective retrospectively from 21 March 2014. The revised equity split is as follows: OGDCL 95% (operator) and GHPL 5%. OGDCL is currently conducting 2D seismic acquisition in the block which was initiated in August 2019 with a plan of 286 LKM and as of end of November 2019, a total of 41 LKM was acquired.  The Tirah block covers 1,946 sq km area and is located in the Khyber, Orakzai and Kurram districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The block was offered under the 2012 Licensing Round which was launched from 11 October 2012 to 10 March 2013 and OGDCL was declared as the successful bidder for this block. It was exclusively awarded to OGDCL with the signing of Petroleum Concession Agreement (PCA) on 21 March 2014.   As reported in August 2019, OGDCL was granted a two-year extension to the Phase-I of initial term for Tirah EL from 21 March 2019 to 20 March 2021. The period from 21 March 2017 to 20 March 2019 was also regularized as an extension.   No wells are known to have been drilled on the acreage specified by the application to date.
OGDCL has assigned 5% working interest in the Tirah 3370-14 EL (Pishin-Katawaz Basin) onshore licence to Government Holdings Pvt Ltd (GHPL) 