{"id":105715,"date":"2026-06-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105715"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:55:14","slug":"ogdcl-reports-new-oil-find-in-sanghar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ogdcl-reports-new-oil-find-in-sanghar.html","title":{"rendered":"OGDCL reports new oil find in Sindh\u2019s Sanghar region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi: Oil &amp; Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced a new oil discovery from its exploratory well Bobi Deep-1, located in District Sanghar, Sindh, marking another addition to Pakistan\u2019s domestic hydrocarbon resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a communication sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the company confirmed that oil reserves have been discovered in the Bobi and Dhamraki Mining Lease area. OGDCL is the operator of the well and holds a 100% working interest in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the company, based on interpretation of wireline logs, the massive sand of the Lower Goru Formation was tested through a cased-hole Drill Stem Test (DST). The well produced 2,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) and 1.1 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) at a choke size of 32\/64 inch, with a wellhead flowing pressure (WHFP) of 1,050 pounds per square inch (psi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mari-energies-discovers-gas-in-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mari Energies discovers gas in Dera Budti, Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bobi Deep-1 exploratory well was re-entered on May 03, 2026, to further evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of the Lower Goru Formation\u2019s massive sands. The well had previously been drilled to a total depth of 3,305 meters in the Sembar Formation using OGDCL\u2019s in-house technical and operational expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company stated that this discovery represents a significant milestone in the Bobi and Dhamraki Mining Lease area, as it is the first hydrocarbon discovery from the Massive Sand play in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OGDCL further noted that the discovery has de-risked similar prospects in surrounding areas, opening new opportunities for future exploration and resource development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company added that the find is expected to help reduce Pakistan\u2019s energy demand-supply gap by contributing indigenous oil and gas production, while also strengthening OGDCL\u2019s overall hydrocarbon reserves base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Oil &amp; Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced a new oil discovery from its exploratory well Bobi Deep-1, located in District Sanghar, Sindh, marking another addition to Pakistan\u2019s domestic hydrocarbon resources. In a communication sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the company confirmed that oil reserves have been discovered in the Bobi and Dhamraki Mining Lease area. OGDCL is the operator of the well and holds a 100% working interest in the project. According to the company, based on interpretation of wireline logs, the massive sand of the Lower Goru Formation was tested through a cased-hole Drill Stem Test (DST). The well produced 2,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) and 1.1 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) at a choke size of 32\/64 inch, with a wellhead flowing pressure (WHFP) of 1,050 pounds per square inch (psi). Read: Mari Energies discovers gas in Dera Budti, Balochistan The Bobi Deep-1 exploratory well was re-entered on May 03, 2026, to further evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of the Lower Goru Formation\u2019s massive sands. The well had previously been drilled to a total depth of 3,305 meters in the Sembar Formation using OGDCL\u2019s in-house technical and operational&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":102209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[73657,73661,73664,73667,73668,73673,63195,73675,73662,73660,73654,73663,64578,73659,73665,64576,55584,59028,73674,73658,73670,73669,63190,73672,73671,73676,63192,73655,73656,73666],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-105715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-notices-announcements","tag-bobi-deep-1","tag-bopd-production","tag-domestic-energy-resources","tag-drill-stem-test","tag-drilling-operations-pakistan","tag-ep-companies-pakistan","tag-energy-sector-pakistan","tag-energy-supply-gap-pakistan","tag-exploration-well-pakistan","tag-gas-production-pakistan","tag-hydrocarbon-discovery-pakistan","tag-hydrocarbon-reserves-pakistan","tag-lower-goru-formation","tag-mining-lease-bobi-dhamraki","tag-mmscfd-gas","tag-natural-gas-pakistan","tag-ogdcl","tag-oil-and-gas-development-company-limited","tag-oil-and-gas-industry","tag-oil-exploration-sindh","tag-oil-find-2026","tag-oil-production-pakistan","tag-pakistan-energy-security","tag-pakistan-gas-discovery","tag-pakistan-oil-exploration","tag-pakistan-petroleum-sector","tag-psx-announcement","tag-sanghar-district","tag-sembar-formation","tag-sindh-oil-discovery","cat-15017-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OGDCL reports new oil find in Sanghar, Sindh - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OGDCL further noted that the discovery has de-risked similar prospects in surrounding areas, opening new opportunities for future....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ogdcl-reports-new-oil-find-in-sanghar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OGDCL reports new oil find in Sanghar, Sindh - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OGDCL further noted that the discovery has de-risked similar prospects in surrounding areas, opening new opportunities for future....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ogdcl-reports-new-oil-find-in-sanghar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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