Abstract
Production from unconventional tight gas resources plays significant role in energy market. It is commonly held that the tight gas has gained considerable importance in meeting energy needs and is widely developed across the world. It is also worth noting that several countries are engaged in pursuing the tight gas resources development to meet energy challenges. However, the copious concerns have emerged to technical and economic development of tight gas potential. Hence, it is essential to accurately assess the resources and to address the key technical issues and economic feasibilities that will support in mitigating the risk and to increase the investment opportunities. This paper provides a systematic review about current status, field development best strategies; in addition, the paper also addresses the obstacles and issues for development of tight gas potential in Pakistan. Although, the efforts made by the Exploration and Production (E&P) firms operating in Pakistan are not very encouraging for tight gas resources development. Hence; this requires further improvements and accurate assessments to develop tight gas resources effectively. Thus, for accurate assessment of tight gas potential, various imperative approaches, ideas, considerations, several challenges and the best strategies for field development are highlighted that offers significant improvement in materializing the future trends in tight gas potential development. The paper will be a kind of helpful tool for the policy makers, potential investors and industry professionals working in Pakistan’s E&P industry.
Highlights
The term “tight gas” has emerged for more than 30 years with debate on understanding the concept because of the diverse definition have emerged in different regions around the world [1, 2]
This paper has presented review by examining the maintain the energy security and to provide the recent information on the status, obstacles, policies, sustainable supply of gas, it is far better to un-tap the procedures and techniques involved for tight gas hidden tight gas potential
To encourage the Exploration and Production (E&P) companies to speed up the development & production from such low permeability reservoirs it is essential to the government of Pakistan provides an additional premium of 10% only for those wells which are brought on production in 2 years of announcement of tight gas policy, 2011 [24]
Summary
The term “tight gas” has emerged for more than 30 years with debate on understanding the concept because of the diverse definition have emerged in different regions around the world [1, 2]. Tight Gas Potential Status, Obstacles and the way forward in meeting future energy needs of Pakistan gas has gained considerable attention for the decades; many countries are pursuing the opportunities to develop unconventional natural gas resources [5]. Huge reserves of tight gas exists in Pakistan the first success reported in regard to tight gas discovery and the well brought on production was the Sujawal Sindh, that was very significant breakthrough for the development of indigenous tight gas potential for the country [27] These discoveries led to be the most striking for tight gas resources future development as well as in meeting energy requirement by expediting the tight gas production.
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