Distirct Dairy: District Kashmore

Kashmore

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Kashmor District is a District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, the city of Kandhkot is the capital. Because of its location and its roads connecting borders with 3 provinces Kashmore has a unique identity. Kashmore has always been a hub of trade for it agricultural produce. The main tribes of Kashmore are the Mazari, Bajikani, Banglani, Dahani, Nindwani, Bahalkani, Bijarani, Khoso, Kosh, solangi, Bhutto and the Domki etc.

Kashmore district has a population of 6,62,462. Kashmore is bordered by Ghotki and Shikarpur other district in Sindh. The district is also bordered by Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab, while Sui and Dera Bugti in Baluchistan. Kashmore is divided into three Talukas, Tangwani, Kandhkot and Kashmore. While Bakhshapur is another big town of Kashmore. Kashmore is a road junction to go to Balochistan town of Sui. It is also connected by a road over Guddu Barrage to highway N5 at a town called Umar kot (near Ubauro). The same road after crossing Guddu Barrage branches off to Punjab’s city of Sadiqabad and one can take this route to reach the famous Bhong Masoque.

Agriculture of Kashmore

Kashmore has a big cattle markets. It is the largest rice producing district in Asia.

Geography of Kashmore

Kashmore district is situated in Northern Sindh and was formerly a sub-division of Jacobabad district. The district borders Balouchistan on one side and Punjab on the other. The Indus River runs through the Eastern side of Kashmore district. The southeastern side of Kashmore district has forest of (Katcha) that support wild animals. The Thar Desert falls on the Eastern side of the district, and is home to wild desert animals. Kashmor is probably one of the most known city in Northern Sindh. It is also the largest city in the vicinty of tri-province area i.e. the boundary of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces. Just like there is a common theme of ‘Karachi to Khyber' for any Pakistan wide campaign, Kashmore is also mentioned in any Sindh wide campaign with the slogan ‘Karachi to Kashmore My intent of mentioning it here is that you may already be familiar with Kashmore in more ways than what catches the eye. Kashmore is also close to Sindh’s northern most barrage called the Guddu Barrage.

History of KASHMORE:

In 2004 Kashmore was separated from Jacobabad district and it was given the status of district of Sindh Province. Kashmore is located on a point where the boundaries of three provinces; Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan met. So geographically it is a very important district.

Guddu Barrage Kashmore:

A famous barrage, Guddu Barrage is located in Kashmore. Two of the four canals taken out of Guddu Barrage namely Pat Feeder and Desert feeder encircle the Kashmore city from north and south.

Guddu Barrage is a barrage across river Indus, near Kashmore in Pakistan. President Iskander Mirza laid foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage on February 2, 1957. The barrage was completed in 1962. Inaugurated by Field Marshal AYUB KHAN. At the time of its construction it has maximum design discharge of 1.2 million cubic feet per second (34,000 m³/s). It is a gate-controlled weir type barrage with a navigation lock. The barrage has 64 bays, each 60 feet (18 m) wide. The maximum flood level height of Guddu barrage is 26 feet (8 m). It controls irrigation supplies to 2.9 million acres (12,000 km²) of agricultural lands in the Jacobabad, Larkana and Sukkur districts of Sindh and the Naseerabad district of Baluchistan. The cost of the project was 474.8 million rupees. It feeds Ghotki Feeder, Begari Feeder, Desert and Pat Feeder canals. Apart from its importance from irrigation point of view, the barrage is widely viewed as one of the major picnic site for localytes in Northern Sindh and Southern Punjab. The reservoir has boating facilities as well as limited fishing permission, subject to prior licensing. Due to mounting security concerns, entry to the barrage is subject to prior permission and security clearance.

Nearby Cities of Kashmore:

Jacobabad, Rajanpur, Shikarpur, Dera Bugti, Ghotki and Sukkar are the nearby cities of Kashmore and it share boundaries to these districts.

Population

Kashmore

6,62,462 (estimated for 2008)

Urban 60% Rural 11.1%

Bijarani, Chachar, Mazari and Domki

Agriculture 42.3%

Kandhkot City

Kandhkot is the chief city of Kandhkot Taluka, Kashmore District in the Sindh province of Pakistan^[1]. This city is the major hub for the grain and cattle industry. The Anaj mandi (Grain market) of Kandhkot is said to be the second largest grain market of Asia. Kandhkot has its own gas and oil fields. It is located in the centre of Kashmore as Kashmore lies in its east, Tangwani in its North, Shikarpur in the West and Indus River in the south which links it with Ghotki District through Kachha Area.

Main towns or big villages of this Tahsil are Kandhkot, Dari and Ghouspur.
Kandhkot was named after the Indus River Bank as it is situated on the right bank of the river. The main crops of Kandhkot include rice and wheat. Many social organizations are based in Kandhkot such as the Education Development Organization, Human Resource Development Initiative and Kainnat Welfare Association. There are many projects that are being run in Kandhkot such as Sindh Development Social Services Program (SDSSP), National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO, PPHI and Centre for Peace and Justice Pakistan (www.cpjp.org) and Health And Nutrition Development Society (HANDS).

Demography
The main castes of Kandhkot include Sabzoi, Suhriyani, Malik, Chhijan, Sheikh, Soomro, Khoso, Noonari, Mashori, Chachar, Sawand, Lashari, Bangwar, Bahalkani, Pathan, Channa,Bajkani, Sundrani,Qambrani Noonari,Awan’Bhutto and Sindhi Hindus who are in majority .

Kandhkot Gas Field

The pioneer of the natural gas industry in the country, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has been a frontline player in the energy sector since the mid-1950s. As a major supplier of natural gas, PPL today contributes some 25 percent of the country’s total natural gas supplies besides producing crude oil, Natural Gas Liquid and Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

The company’s history can be traced back to the establishment of a public limited company in June 1950, with major shareholding by Burmah Oil Company (BOC) of the United Kingdom. In September 1997, BOC disinvestedfrom the Exploration and Production (E&P) sector worldwide and sold its equity in PPL to the Government of Pakistan. Subsequently, the government reduced its holding through an initial public offer in June 2004, which was further decreased with the initiation of the Benazir Employees Stock Option Scheme (BESOS) in August 2009 whenPPL employees were allotted 12 percent shares from the government’s equity. Currently, the company’sshareholding is divided between the government, which owns about 71 percent, PPL Employees Empowerment Trust that has approximately 8 percent — being shares transferred to employees under BESOS — and private investors, who hold nearly 21 percent.

PPL operates six producing fields across the country at Sui (Pakistan’s largest gas field), Adhi, Kandhkot, Chachar,Mazarani and Hala and holds working interest in twelve partner-operated producing fields, including Qadirpur the country’s second largest gas field.

As a major stakeholder in securing a safe energy future for the country, PPL pursues an aggressive exploration agenda aimed at enhancing hydrocarbon recovery and replenish reserves. In Pakistan, the company’s exploration portfolio comprises 33 exploration blocks. Of these, PPL operates 19 blocks and has working interest in 14, including two off-shore blocks, as non-operating partner. PPL is also among the first local E&P companies to extend its operations beyond national borders and has an interest in an exploration licence in Yemen in a joint venture with OMV and Yemen General Corporation for Oil and Gas.

Over the years, PPL has developed a reliable foundation and infrastructure for providing clean and safe energy through sustainable exploitation of indigenous natural resources while adhering to best practices of corporate governance and employee health and safety and constraining the ecological footprint of its operations. As a result, Monitoring and Inspection, Design and Construction, Drilling Operations, Joint Operations and Projects departments, Mazarani, Adhi, Kandhkot and Chachar fields, Sui Field Gas Compressor Station, SuiProduction, Sui Field Engineering and Sui Purification stand certified for ISO 9001 Quality Management System.

Similarly, Kandhkot, Mazarani, Adhi and Chachar fields, Sui Production, Sui Field Gas Compressor Station, SuiField Stores, Sui Field Engineering and Drilling Operations, Design and Construction, Projects, Health, Safety and Environment departments and Sui Field Hospital have been certified for ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series. Sui Purification is also certified forOHSAS 18001.

PPL has played a significant role as a responsible corporate citizen since the inception of its commercial activities in Sui by establishing the Sui Model School in 1957 for children of workers and local communities. In 2001, the PPLWelfare Trust was founded to provide geographical and thematic diversity to the company’s CSR programme, which currently includes education, health, infrastructure development and socio-economic uplift of disadvantaged communities living in and around its operating areas as well as other parts of the country.

Overview

Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) operates six producing fields in Sui, Kandhkot, Adhi, Mazarani, Chachar and Hala– the first two wholly owned by PPL – and has working interest in twelve partner-operated producing assets.

Daily gas production from PPL-operated and partner-operated fields stands at one billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas per day, which translates into approximately 25 percent of the country’s total gas production. The company’s major clients comprise Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Water and Power Development Authority.

On September 30, 2011, PPL’s proven recoverable reserves were 2.762 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas, 35.812 million barrels (bbl) of oil/NGL and 308,700 tonnes (tons) of LPG.

Production

Situated on the right bank of Indus River, Kandhkot Gas Field’s reserves are concentrated in the Habib RahiLimestone, Sui Main and Upper Limestone reservoirs.

Though Kandhkot was discovered shortly after Sui, production did not begin until 1983 due to low gas demand. Since the commissioning of the field, consistent efforts are being made to introduce cutting-edge technology atKandhkot to maximize production.

A state-of-the-art gas compression facility of 210 MMscfd has been commissioned.

Discovery	1959
Recoverable Reserves	1,300 Bcf; 0.40 MMbbl NGL*
Daily Average Production	193 MMscf gas; 20 bbl condensate**
Producing Wells	25

Production Summary: 2001 - 2011

*Hydrocarbon Type*	*2010 - 11*	*2009 - 10*	*2008 - 09*	*2007 - 08*	*2006 - 07*	*2005 - 06*	*2004 - 05*	*2003 - 04*	*2002 - 03*	*2001 - 02*
Natural Gas
Production (MMscf)	360,733	356,689	356,443	366,413	365,525	371,714	349,580	343,841	332,113	338,007
Daily Average (MMscf)	988	977	977	1,001	1,001	1,018	958	939	910	926
Producing Wells	205	200	188	166	158	155	151	142	130	126
Condensate (bbl)	63,601	71,842	75,644	75,402	75,181	78,721	74,954	62,546	37,432	31,803
Oil/NGL
Production (bbl)	2,651,918	1,754,006	1,430,967	1,404,263	955,598	574,191	512,561	556,739	453,574	328,811
Daily Average (bbl)	7,266	4,805	3,920	3,837	2,618	1,573	1,404	1,521	1,243	901
Producing Wells *	27	24	15	14	12	10	9	8	7	5
LPG
Production (M. tons)	27,125	23,047	19,959	17,964	14,220	9,478	9,089	8,798	9,098	8,878
Daily Average (M. tons)	74	63	55	49	39	26	25	24	25	24

* Oil / NGL producing wells are also included in Natural Gas producing wells, as these are both gas and oil producers

Note: Production figures are only PPL's share

Bakhshapur

Bakhshapur is a big town and a taluka of Kashmore district. Bakhshapur Town Belong to Domki tribe and its name is related with name of Bakhsha Khan (Grand Father of Mir Ghalib Khan) so That is why its name is Bakhshapur.It is also referred as Goth Bakhshapur i.e. village of Bakhshapur. Its geographical coordinates are 28° 22' 35" North, 69° 21' 50" East.

Domki's are majority in the town and other castes which reside are:Sindhi Non-Muslims,Soomra,Channa, Dahar, Thaheem,,Mahar,and syed.

Tangwani

Tangwani is a small town in the Kashmore of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 28°17'0N 69°0'0E with an altitude of 69 metres (229 feet). Tangwani is basically Notkani tribe Some Tangwani tribe is also settled in Southern Punjab like Taunsa Sharif, D.G Khan and Multan.