1. Oil, Gas and Coal Resources of Sindh Naseer Memon

2. Gas (Million CFT) Oil (Million Barrels) Coal (Million Tonnes) National Production 1,400,02623.934.87 Sindh’s Production 982,03513.302.01 Share of Sindh (%) 705641 Oil and Gas Resources of Sindh Pakistan Energy Year Book-2006

3. Gas(TCF)Oil (Million Barrels) Coal (Million Tonnes) National Reserves 33.11324.473185,173 Sindh’s Reserves 19.33127.36184,623 Share of Sindh (%) 584099.7 Balance Recoverable Reserves (as on 30 th June 2006) Pakistan Energy Year Book-2006

4.  In 2005-06 Sindh produced 982,035 million cubic feet (MCFT) of gas.  Sindh consumed only 461,779 MCFT, which is less than 50% of its production.  Hence over 50% of the gas produced by the provinces was used out side the province.  In 2005-06 Sindh produced 13.3 million barrels of oil having value about 91 billion rupees. (US$ 115/barrel, Rs. 60/US$) Sindh’s Contribution

5. Out of 11,613 employees in SSGC and SNGPL, Sindh’s share was 3,613 (including 1,940 from Karachi) whereas Punjab’s share was 5,454. (Former Minister for Petroleum, Mr. Amanullah Jadoon told NA on 14 th April 2007) Dividend for Sindh

6. Jobs in Multinational companies- Example of a company Office Total Employees Sindhis% Islamabad6023.3 Karachi176105.6 Field20417585.7

7.  Major oil and gas producing areas such as Badeen, Khairpur, Sukkur, Ghotki, Jamshoro, Dadu, Larkana/Qambar, Sanghar are completely under developed and communities surrounding the oil and gas field live in primitive ages.  According to Human Development Report of UNDP (2003) Badin, the major oil producing district ranked at 60th out of 91 districts in country.  Only 3 districts of Sindh (including Karachi and Hyderabad) found place in top thirty districts of country on HDI.  The same report placed Rural Sindh lowest among all urban and rural areas of all provinces ranked on HD Index. State of Human Development

8. MDG Ranking 2005 of major oil and gas producing districts (out of 98 Districts) District Indicator-wise Ranking Net Primary Enrollment Literacy Rate Immunization Water Supply Khairpur57377826 Dadu70435356 Badin47606043 (Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report-2006)

9.  Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) annual report of 2001 “Social Development in Pakistan-Growth, Inequity and Poverty” mentions that 50 percent of districts of Sindh (all from rural Sindh) were in high deprivation category and 49% of rural population was under high deprivation.  ADB report Poverty in Pakistan: Issues, Causes and Institutional Response (2002) mentions Rural Sindh as the poorest area with estimated poverty at 52.2% and Urban Sindh as the least poor at 14.9%. State of Human Development

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