Petroleum exploration in Dailekh progresses; merely 70 meters of drilling left

Dailekh, Dec 26: The exploration of petroleum products underway here has come to a final stage.

As of Wednesday, 3,930 meters of drilling work have been completed, with merely 70 meters left, the Department of Mines and Geology informed. Drilling for petroleum products and natural gas exploration began in the Jaljale area of Bhairabi rural municipality-1 in Dailekh district on May 10.

Chief of the Department’s petroleum project, Ganesh Nath Tripathi, shared that the drilling was underway with the target of completing the work this month. In the first phase, the Chinese technical team completed the seismic survey, geological survey, magnetotelluric survey, and geochemical sampling survey on time, while the drilling work was also completed before the stipulated time.

The project is being implemented with grant assistance amounting to Rs 2.5 billion from the Chinese government. — Under the project, 45 ropanis of land were acquired at Jaljale for drilling. A group of 80 people, including Chinese and Nepali, is carrying out excavation.

The Department, China Geological Survey, and Cibu Drilling Engineering Company are implementing the project. —RSS