Sui Gas Field is a natural gas field near
Sui in
Balochistan Province
Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...
,
Pakistan
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that is operated by
Pakistan Petroleum Limited
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) ( ur, ) is a Pakistani state-owned petroleum company. It was incorporated on 5 June 1950, when it inherited the assets and liabilities of the Burmah Oil Company Ltd. which initially holds 70% of the share with t ...
.
Sui gas field was discovered in 1952, its current production is per day at
standard conditions
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.
[https://www.ppl.com.pk/sites/default/files/2021-10/PPL%20AR-2021%20%28Final%29.pdf ]
Production
The Sui Gas Field is considered to be the largest natural gas field in Pakistan with 1.6 trillion cubic feet reserve estimates as of 2017.
[ In 2007, the Sui Gas Field accounted for 17% of Pakistan's total gas production.
]
Protective measures
The Sui Gas pipelines are a frequent target of terrorist attacks. As a protective measure, Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ordered Frontier Corps
The Frontier Corps ( ur, , reporting name: FC), are a group of paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's borders with Afghanista ...
(FC) to take charge of the Sui Gas Fields in 2011.
See also
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) ( ur, ) was incorporated as a private limited Company in 1963 and later converted into a public limited company in January 1964 under the Companies Act 1913 of British India, now The Companies Act 2017 ...
* Sui Southern Gas Company
References
External links
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Dera Bugti District
Natural gas fields in Pakistan
Geography of Balochistan, Pakistan
Energy in Balochistan, Pakistan
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