OGDCL Starts 2,000 BPD Oil Output From Sanghar Well

Oil & Gas Development Company Limited has started oil production from its Bobi Deep-1 well in Sindh’s Sanghar district, marking a fresh domestic energy development at a time when Pakistan continues to seek relief from expensive fuel imports. The state-run exploration and production company announced on Monday that output had begun from the Bobi and Dhamraki mining lease area.

According to the company, the well is currently producing 2,000 barrels of oil per day from the Massive Sand of the Lower Goru Formation. The start of production follows OGDCL’s earlier announcement of an oil and gas discovery at the same exploratory well earlier this month.

The company said it fast-tracked the project by laying a four-inch flowline stretching around 1.5 kilometres from the well site to the Bobi Plant. That connection allowed the discovery to be brought into production quickly, turning exploration success into early commercial output.

OGDCL said the work was carried out through indigenous capabilities, with the company holding a 100 percent working interest in the Bobi and Dhamraki mining lease. The statement presented the project as evidence of the company’s operational capacity and its ability to move from discovery to production within a compressed timeframe.

The new output is important because Pakistan’s energy sector remains under pressure from import dependence, foreign exchange constraints and recurring fuel-price sensitivity. Even modest additions to domestic production can help reduce the oil import burden, support local supply and strengthen confidence in upstream exploration.

The Sanghar well also fits into a broader pattern of recent activity by OGDCL. In April, the company began commercial production from the Baragzai X-01 exploratory well in Kohat district, which has been described as one of its highest-producing wells. That project added both crude oil and gas output, alongside LPG production.

Earlier this year, OGDCL also began production from Pasakhi-13 in Hyderabad, which the company highlighted as Pakistan’s first successful horizontal oil well in a clastic reservoir. These projects suggest that the company is attempting to accelerate monetisation of discoveries and improve recovery from domestic fields.

The development comes despite financial and operational challenges facing Pakistan’s largest oil and gas producer. OGDCL’s profitability declined during the first nine months of the outgoing fiscal year, partly because of forced production curtailment, even as the company continued exploration drilling and reported multiple discoveries.

For Pakistan, the Sanghar production start offers a limited but positive boost for energy security. The next test will be whether OGDCL can sustain stable output from Bobi Deep-1, expand production across its portfolio and convert more discoveries into commercial volumes quickly enough to ease pressure on the country’s energy import bill.