Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) is constructing an artificial offshore island to accelerate oil and gas exploration, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, November 19, citing company officials.

The state-owned explorer is reclaiming land from the sea about 30 kilometres off the coast of Sindh, near Sujawal, to create a stable launchpad for continuous drilling operations.

According to the Bloomberg report, Arshad Palekar, PPL’s General Manager for Exploration and Core Business Development, said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Islamabad that the six-foot-high platform would prevent high tides from disrupting round-the-clock operations.

The company plans to drill around 25 wells once the island is operational. Construction is expected to be completed by February, he said.

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