A large number of major Chinese companies are here for the China-Pakistan Energy Forum, organised by the petroleum ministry. The Chinese companies, which sent delegations for the China-Pakistan Energy Forum, were Sichuan Petroleum Administration (SPA), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation.
Its delegation is led by Senior Vice President Zhang Beiquan, accompanied by the officials of International Co-operation and Technical Departments. The Sichuan Petroleum delegation will have a number of sideline meetings during the Forum with the government officials and non-governmental organisations representatives.
The delegation will also call on Petroleum Minister Amanullah Khan Jadoon. The visiting delegation will discuss proposals during the meeting with the minister to enhance China's participation in Pakistan's energy sector.
It is worth mentioning that Sichuan Petroleum has over 40 years experience of oil and gas exploration, production and marketing. It has also built the largest natural gas industrial base is South West China. The company has advance expertise, equipment and professional workforce for geo-physical survey, drilling and associated services, well-testing, well-logging, engineering design mountain seismic and ultra deep, directional, cluster and horizontal well-drilling. It is capable of supplying system engineering services and related products, covering all aspects from exploration and production to surface construction.
The Sichuan Petroleum is also actively involved in Pakistan's oil and gas development for the past many years, along with its Pakistani partner, the Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Limited.
The Chinese company has provided a number of drilling rigs, along with its crew of engineering and technical personnel. The Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Limited is likely to acquire more drilling rigs from the Sichuan Petroleum, as the Pakistani company has already announced an ambitious plan for drilling a large number of development and exploration wells in its concessions in Sindh.