Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced a gas and condensate discovery at its Bitrisim Northwest-1 exploratory well in Khairpur district, Sindh, in a filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday 11 November.

Testing at the well flowed 12.8 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) and 175 barrels of condensate per day, the company said. The discovery was made in the Basal Sands of the Lower Goru Formation.

What the well found

The well was spudded on 21 August 2026 and drilled to a total depth of 3,732 metres in the Sembar Formation. After interpreting the well logs, OGDCL ran a drill stem test in the Basal Sands, which confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons.

The test flowed through a 32/64-inch choke at a wellhead flowing pressure of 3,020 pounds per square inch. OGDCL operates the Bitrisim Exploration Licence with a 95 per cent working interest, while Government Holdings (Private) Limited holds the remaining 5 per cent.

Fast-tracked towards the national grid

OGDCL said it was speeding up the work needed to connect the well to the national gas gathering system so the discovery could be monetised early. The company said the find would add to its hydrocarbon reserves and support Pakistan's energy security by helping to close the growing gap between domestic demand and supply with indigenous resources.

Pakistan supplements domestic gas production with imported liquefied natural gas, so new local finds are closely watched by policymakers and the market. A discovery of this size will not transform national supply on its own, but each addition to the grid eases pressure on imports and on foreign exchange.

Second success in the same licence

The discovery follows production start-up at the nearby Bitrisim East-1 well, which began producing on 22 October. That well is producing about 7.0 million cubic feet of gas and 200 barrels of condensate a day, with the gas sent to the Sui Southern Gas Company network after processing at the Sinjhoro plant.

OGDCL connected that well with a 28-kilometre flowline built using its own resources, showing how quickly the company has been moving discoveries in this licence into production. The company has not yet given a date for first gas from Bitrisim Northwest-1, and the pace will depend on completing the gathering connection and stabilising flow.

OGDCL is Pakistan's largest exploration and production company, and the Bitrisim licence in Khairpur is now one of its more active areas. Further appraisal will determine how much of the discovery can be recovered commercially, but the test results give the company a second producing asset in the same block within weeks of the first.