Pakistan, Sept. 23 -- Pakistan has lost distinguished petroleum geoscientist Tariq Majeed Jaswal, whose career converted knowledge of Pakistan's geology into indigenous energy.

Jaswal built a rare career spanning research, structural geology, seismic interpretation and drilling, ultimately heading exploration at OGDCL and later Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL). OGDCL records list him as General Manager Exploration through the late 2000s to 2011 - one of Pakistan's most productive phases.

From FY2006-11, 149 wells were spudded with 25 discoveries under his organization, including 10 discoveries in FY2006-07, an all-time high. Key finds included Mela-1, Nashpa-1, Reti-1A, Maru-1, Baloch-1, Shah-1, Sheikhan-1 and Gopang-1. In 2009-10 alone...