Minister Confirms Pakistan Tight Gas Prospects

Pakistan's Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain, has said the country had more than one hundred trillion cubic feet of shallow and tight gas reserves.

Hussian confirmed reports that there was as much tight gas in the Sui gas field in Balochistan, as shallow gas and that the Pakistan Petroleum Limited would start drilling the first well in the next three months.

The minister agreed that there was shortage of gas in Punjab and that a special pipeline from Port Qasim to Punjab would be laid to carry LNG to the province.

Source: The International News