ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Austrian oil and gas company, OMV, will start delivering 170 MCF gas per day to the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd from Sawan Field (Sindh) by the end of this month.

A press release issued here on Sunday said the government of Pakistan signed various agreements with SW-Miano Joint Ventures led by the OMV and SSGCL for delivery of 170 MCF per day pipeline quality gas from the Sawan gas field in Sindh.

Under the Sawan Phase-1 development plan, the SW-Miano JV is set to invest approximately US$170 million during the next two years.

For Phase-2, the JV may need to invest a further US$130 million to deliver another 170 MCF gas to SNGPL by late 2003.