Pakistan's oil output slips 3%, gas production climbs 4% WoW

August 12, 2026 (MLN): Pakistan's oil production fell 3.4% week-on-week to 68,194 barrels per day (bopd) during the week of August 1-8, down from 70,625 bopd in the preceding week, primarily on account of lower flows from the Nashpa field.

Gas production, meanwhile, rose 4% WoW to 2,939 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) against 2,825mmcfd a week earlier, led by a revival in output from the Uch field.

The data was compiled by Arif Habib Limited (AHL) Research, based on figures from the Pakistan Petroleum Information Service (PPIS).

Oil output at OGDC declined 4.4% WoW to 35,795bopd, while PPL's production fell 3.8% to 11,210bopd.

POL saw a 2% drop to 4,004bopd, whereas MARI was the sole gainer, up 1.5% to 976bopd.

On the gas side, OGDC's output climbed 6.3% WoW to 616mmcfd and MARI rose 3.9% to 1,010mmcfd, while POL slipped 1.2% to 63mmcfd and PPL declined 3.1% to 532mmcfd.

Among major producing fields, oil output at Nashpa posted the sharpest weekly decline of 10.3% to 9,759bopd, while Adhi and Kunner Pasaki Deep fell 2.7% and 3.8%, respectively. Marden Khel and Mamikhel South were among the few fields to post gains, up 2.5% and 0.9% WoW.

On the gas side, Uch recorded the standout performance, surging 77.3% WoW to 255mmcfd from 144mmcfd previously, driving the overall uptick in national gas output.

Mari field production also rose 4.0% WoW to 963mmcfd. In contrast, Nashpa's gas output plunged 15.8% to 83mmcfd, while Sharf and Kandhkot posted declines of 6.6% and 5.2%, respectively.

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