Accord for extended gas supply for Sindh

KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has inked an Extended Well Text Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (EWT-GSPA) with Hycarbex-American Energy Inc (HAE) under which the latter will supply up to 28 mmcfd gas for a 15-month period from Haseeb Gas Field (Yasin Block # 2768-7).

The gas delivery is expected to start by the end of this month or by early January next.

The GSPA was signed by Umair Khan, MD SSGC and Dr Iftikhar A Zahid President/CEO, HAE.

Raja Irfan Nasr, managing director/CEO, Government Holdings (Pvt) Limited, which has working interests in the field, also signed the agreement on behalf of GHPL, says a media release of the SSGC.

HAE is a partner and operator of the Petroleum Concession Agreement with respect to the Yasin Block along with Government Holdings (Pvt) Limited and Hypak Asia (Pvt) Limited.

Haseeb Gas Field is located 4 to 5 kilometers from SSGC’s Shikarpur Compressor Station within the Yasin Block where further exploration for oil and gas reserves is being undertaken by HAE.