Purpose:
Evaluation of local and imported crude oil; review of specification of
Pakistan Oxygen Limited (POL) products; development of technical standards
for oil and gas industry
Expertise Project No: 1
Area of Expertise
Petroleum exploration
Sedimentary basins
Title: Review of Petroleum Exploration Data and Evaluation of Sedimentary Basins of Pakistan
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Type of Exp/Trg: Feasibility Studies/Problem Analysis/Surveys
Expertise Project No: 2
Area of Expertise
Natural gas industry
Urban bus transit systems
Title: Utilization of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Urban Transport Through Conservation of Diesel Buses
Description:
Transfer of CNG-diesel conversion technology to Pakistan with UNDP/ESCAP
assistance for economic and environmental benefits. Ten buses of Pakistan
steel were converted on CNG
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Type of Exp/Trg: Project Management [for client]
Expertise Project No: 3
Area of Expertise
Sedimentation
Title: Establishment of Advanced Sedimentological Laboratory, Islamabad
Description:
Sedimentological facility of geological labs. Islamabad has been modernized
to include advanced facilities like electron microscopy to meet the requirements
of the oil and gas sector
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development
Expertise Project No: 4
Area of Expertise
Petroleum geology
Title: HDIP-BGR Technical Co-Operation Project
Description:
Modern petroleum geological research labs to deploy advanced techniques
including geochemistry etc, for defining oil and gas potential and prospects
in sedimentary basins of Pakistan established.
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Start Date: 01/07/87
Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development
Expertise Project No: 5
Area of Expertise
Petroleum research
Title: Petroleum Testing Centre Multan
Description:
Creation of petroleum products testing, quality control, and research
facility in southern Punjab.
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Start Date: 01/07/87
Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development
Expertise Project No: 6
Area of Expertise
Petroleum refineries operation
Petroleum research
Title: Pilot Plant Station for Process Development and Training
Description:
Indigenous facility of pilot plants to undertake applied industrial research
in petroleum refining and catalyst development
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: PAKISTAN
Start Date: 01/07/85
Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development
Expertise Project No: 7
Area of Expertise
Petroleum research
Title: HDIP Analytical & Research Laboratory Islamabad, Pakistan
Description:
The facility of petroleum testing research labs Islamabad has been modernized
and expanded. additional facility for palynological research been established
within geological labs, Islamabad, Pakistan
Language(s) Used: English
Implemented in: Pakistan
Start Date: 01/07/87
Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development
Area of Training
Petroleum exploration
Petroleum refineries operation
Title: An Introduction to Petroleum Laboratory Management.
Description:
The course includes specialized instruction and technical training for
development of qualified and competent man-power in petroleum sector.
It also includes knowledge of basic units, chemistry, petroleum exploration
and refining etc.
Language(s) Used: English
Type of Exp/Trg: Vocational/Technical
Duration/Cost : 4 to 6 weeks
Description of Staff
Geologist/Geochemist -- 23
Chemist -- 23
Chemical/Mechanical/Reservoir Engineers -- 5
Fuel Technologist -- 1
System Analyst -- 1
Equipment:
Elemental analyzer; pilot plant for thermal cracking; coal analysis instrument;
sulfur detector; high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); sulfur
determinator organic chemistry universal pilot plant
Affiliations:
Pakistan Institute of Science and Technology, Quaid-e-Azam University
(Pakistan), Punjab University (Pakistan), Geological Survey of Pakistan,
OGDC (Pakistan), BGR (Hanover, Germany) etc.