ISLAMABAD: MariEnergies Limited has started supplying up to 30 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of natural gas from its newly discovered Shams-1 well in Sindh to the network of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL).
The company announced that gas supply from Shams-1 commenced on June 19 under government approval granted during the Extended Well Testing period, allowing the well to begin feeding the national gas grid while further production assessments continue.
The field is connected to the network of SNGPL, a company representative said
Located in the Mari Development and Production Lease in Daharki, Sindh, Shams-1 is a gas and condensate discovery operated entirely by MariEnergies Limited, which holds a 100 per cent working interest in the block. The company had announced the discovery on March 19, making the swift transition from exploration to commercial supply one of the fastest recent monetisation efforts in Pakistan’s upstream energy sector.
This indicates the growing push by domestic exploration companies to bring indigenous hydrocarbon resources online quickly as Pakistan grapples with chronic gas shortages, rising energy import costs and mounting pressure on foreign exchange reserves.The additional gas volumes from Shams-1 are expected to provide modest but meaningful support to the transmission network and help narrow the gap between demand and supply.
