#Author:Er Arun Tamang, Eleotronices Engieering NIT Sikkim India https://nitsikkim.ac.in/
Pakistan’s first gas field was found in the late 1952 in Balochistan near a giant Sui gas field. The Toot oil field was not discovered until the early 1960s in the Punjab. The Most Rich resource in Khaur Company (Attock). It covers 122.67 square kilometres (47.36 sq mi). Pakistan Petroleum and Pakistan Oilfields explored and began drilling these field with Soviet help in 1961 and activity began in Toot during 1964. According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), Pakistan may have over 9 billion barrels (1.4×109 cubic metres) of petroleum oil and 105 trillion cubic feet (3.0 trillion cubic metres) in natural gas (including shale gas) reserves. Natural gas production is at a relatively high level and remaining reserves are estimated to be about 885.3 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.). Pakistan’s gas fields are only expected to last for about another 20 years at the most due to heavy industrial usage.
The Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas field in Pakistan. It is located near Sui in Balochistan. The gas field was discovered in the late 1952 and the commercial exploitation of the field began in 1955. Sui gas field accounts for 6% of Pakistan’s gas production.[10] Remaining reserves are estimated to be at about 800 billion cubic feet (tcf) and the daily production is around 500 million cubic feet (14,000,000 m3) of natural. The operator of the field is Pakistan Petroleum Limited. Pakistan consumes 1,590,904 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.Pakistan ranks 21st in the world for natural gas consumption, accounting for about 1.2% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf. Pakistan consumes 7,652 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 207,906,209 people), or 21 cubic feet per capita per day. Pakistan imports 3% of its natural gas consumption (48,382 MMcf in 2015).
