LAHORE: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) labour union, condemning the company’s move, has rejected the award of the NASHPA gas field on Build, Operate and Own (BOO) basis.
OGDCL Mazdoor Ittehad Union Vice President Abdul Rashid Shanwari has issued an open letter , terming the action as an anti-state and anti-labour step, said that the labour union will protest against the award of contract. He said the OGDCL authorities working on the NASHPA gas field have decided to hand over the LPG Processing Face Plant to a private contractor and all terms and conditions have been finalised.
The union leader said that the employees of the OGDCL are capable to construct the project therefore this anti-worker decision should be rescinded immediately. Handing over the project to a private contractor is equivalent to a deep conspiracy against national economy and to discourage the hard working labourers of the Company.
It may be noted that the OGDCL had earlier issued a tender for construction of NASHPA gas filed on turn-key basis. However, a revised tender, issued in the last week, has offered the project on BOO basis.
The labour union has expressed wonders over the revised tender, saying that the OGDCL has sufficient funds to complete the project on its own.
It is pertinent to mention that the discovery over the Nashpa structure was made in September 2009. Initially, the discovery was appraised by Early Well Testing of the well Nashpa-1 and appraisal wells Nashpa-2 & 3. Later, development well Nashpa-4 was commissioned in August 2013 as gas/ oil producer. Drilling of exploratory well Nashpa X-5 and development well Nashpa-6 are in progress. Current production from Nashpa 1,2 ,3 & 4 is about 84 mmscfd gas and 21,854 bpd oil.
