Overview
- Tests at Baragzai X-01 in the Samana Suk and Shinawari formations yielded 3,100 barrels of oil per day and 8.15 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
- The latest find brings three discoveries from the same well within about a month, lifting cumulative incremental output to 9,480 barrels per day, or roughly 14.5% of Pakistan’s current domestic crude production.
- OGDC reported flow on a 32/64-inch choke with about 3,010 psi wellhead pressure, citing the data as evidence of commercial viability.
- The exploratory well, spudded on December 30, 2024 and drilled to 5,170 metres, had earlier cased-hole tests confirming oil and gas in the Kingriali and Datta formations.
- OGDC operates the Nashpa licence with a 65% working interest alongside partners Pakistan Petroleum Limited and Government Holdings Private Limited, and it is preparing a shale and tight-gas program for 2026–27.