OMV Pakistan has started production at the Sofiya gas and condensate field in Sindh.
According to details, Sofiya gas field was successfully put in production on October 27, 2017. Sofiya-2 well adds 15 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) and 1,400 barrels of condensate to the production from the Sofiya D&P lease within the Mehar block, operated by OMV Maurice Energy Limited.
The Sofiya gas and condensate field is located north of the Mehar gas field in the Mehar block, Pakistan. OMV Maurice Energy Limited along with its joint venture partners Ocean Pakistan Limited, Government Holdings Private Limited and Zaver Petroleum Corporation (Pvt) Limited announced the discovery of hydrocarbons from the Sofiya-2 well in August 2013. Development activities began in early 2017 after a development and production lease was granted.
The Sofiya-2 well was successfully commissioned without any incident. With this, OMV and its partners are increasing Mehar gas production by 15 mmcfd and 1,400 bbl of condensate. The gas and condensate from the field is being processed at OMV-operated Mehar gas facilities in Shahdadkot, Sindh. The gas is being distributed by Sui Southern Gas Company Limited, whereas condensate is being trucked to local refineries.
The OMV had announced discovery of gas and condensate in the Mehar block in 2013.
In August 2017, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved a proposal by Petroleum Division to allocate 14.2 mmcfd gas from Sofia field to Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) owing to availability of nearest transmission network and that the gas from same block is already being supplied to SSGC.
