ISLAMABAD: A bit of good news for the energy-starved nation — the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is reported to have made a major gas discovery in Zin block in Balochistan’s restive Marri-Bugti area that has the potential to change the dimension of the country’s power sector.

“The first exploration well has been a great success and we have found thick zones of hydrocarbon. It seems to be a big discovery in many years,” a jubilant authoritative source told Dawn on Friday after receiving the latest reports of the discovery.

The official said the country’s largest producer had achieved the target drilling of about 2,300 metres early this week using indigenous expertise, found hydrocarbon in Zone-1, plugged it and moved into Zone-2 where it found more resources.

Editor’s Comment: This make Balochistan even more strategically important in the global power game going in in Asia. Baloch ports are a bone of contention between rising powers as they move to establish hegemony over waters around the Arabian sea. Leadership of Pakistan has more responsibility now to use this to its strategic advantage.

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