{"id":51928,"date":"2019-05-07T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T09:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=51928"},"modified":"2019-05-07T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T09:46:31","slug":"drilling-work-at-kekra-1-enters-final-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/drilling-work-at-kekra-1-enters-final-phase.html","title":{"rendered":"Drilling work at Kekra-1 enters final phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The drilling work at the Kekra-1 deep sea well has resumed and entered its final phase, a news source reported. The deep-sea exploration project for oil and gas reserves \u2013 for which this drilling exercise forms a core operational aspect &#8211; is a joint venture between ExxonMobil, the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, and Pakistan Petroleum Limited.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-offer-oil-gas-blocks-for-exploration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt to offer oil &amp; gas blocks for exploration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the source, the engineers employed at the site have reached a depth of 5,148 metres in this last project phase. According to senior project officials, the required depth of 5,460 metres will be reached within a few days\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/duties-lifted-from-machinery-used-for-oil-gas-exploration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duties lifted from machinery used for oil, gas exploration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once this point has been reached, the operators will attempt wire logging, followed by casing and cementing exercises, to attain some reliable information on the prospects of oil discovery at the location. The earth specimens collected from the depth of nearly 5,500 metres will then be sent to Italy for further examination. This measure, in turn, will determine whether any traces of oil and gas are to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/discovery-of-mega-gas-reserves-likely-in-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovery of mega gas reserves likely in Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The drilling operation was launched on January 13, 2019. Earlier, it was slated for completion by the end of April; with the deadline now having been pushed to the second week of May. Throughout its short tenure, the project has faced several unforeseen delays due to technical reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The drilling work at the Kekra-1 deep sea well has resumed and entered its final phase, a news source reported. The deep-sea exploration project for oil and gas reserves \u2013 for which this drilling exercise forms a core operational aspect &#8211; is a joint venture between ExxonMobil, the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, and Pakistan Petroleum Limited. Read:\u00a0Govt to offer oil &amp; gas blocks for exploration As per the source, the engineers employed at the site have reached a depth of 5,148 metres in this last project phase. According to senior project officials, the required depth of 5,460 metres will be reached within a few days\u2019 time. Read:\u00a0Duties lifted from machinery used for oil, gas exploration Once this point has been reached, the operators will attempt wire logging, followed by casing and cementing exercises, to attain some reliable information on the prospects of oil discovery at the location. The earth specimens collected from the depth of nearly 5,500 metres will then be sent to Italy for further examination. This measure, in turn, will determine whether any traces of oil and gas are to be found. Read:\u00a0Discovery of mega gas reserves likely in Sindh The drilling operation was launched&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":51929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11563],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-latest-update-on-status-of-oil-discovery-in-pakistan-news-on-oil-found-in-pakistan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drilling work at Kekra-1 enters final phase - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The drilling work at the Kekra-1 deep sea well has resumed and entered its final phase, a news source reported. 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