ISLAMABAD: MOL Pakistan, the operator of the Tal block in NWFP, on Wednesday announced that it had started supply of 250 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas and 4,280 barrels crude oil per day from the Manzalai field.

MOL Group Gyorgy Mosonyi addressing a press conference said that gas supplies from the Manzalai field had started to Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited. ‘Gas production from the field will reach 300 mmcfd by 2013,’ he added.

Manzalai field is located in Karak and Hangu districts of the NWFP.

He said that Pakistan was among the top five key operational centres of MOL, the Netherlands based Hungarian oil and gas giant.

Mr Mosonyi told media that Tal block was a joint venture of five oil and gas exploration companies.

He said that Petroleum Concession Agreement (PCA) of Tal block was signed in February 1999 as an exploration block.

Prior to MOL Amoco and the OGDCL failed to make any discovery in the Tal block and they abandoned it.

According to the PCA, MOL Pakistan became the operator of the block with 35 per cent shares in Tal block, the other joint venture partners are OGDCL with 30 per cent shares, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) with 30 per cent and Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL) with 5 per cent shares.