Energy Resources | MCQs

Explanation

The Thar coalfield is in the Thar Desert, Tharparkar District of Sindh.

The deposit is the 16th largest coal reserve in the world.

It was discovered in 1991

Additional information:

Coal resources of Pakistan

Explanation

Sindh has 124 gas fields and accounts for 63pc. The biggest field of natural gas is in the Sui region of Balochistan accounting for 6pc.

Explanation

The Kandhkot gas field is located in the Middle Indus Basin of Pakistan.

It was brought onstream in 1987, almost 30 years after its discovery.

This was mainly due to a lack of market and infrastructure required for development of the low calorific gas.