Khaur
Khaur | |
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  Khaur | |
| Coordinates: 33°14′28″N 72°16′4″E / 33.24111°N 72.26778°E[1] | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Attock |
| Tehsil | Pindigheb |
| Region | Chhachh |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Khaur is a town and union council in Pindigheb Tehsil of Attock District in Punjab Province of Pakistan.[2]
Community[]
The major tribes of town are Muradiya(مرادیا)٫Kahut, Chauhan, Zeldar, Awan, Budhwaal and Shipraal while main language is dialect of hindko, and most of the population is Muslim.[3]
Khaur Oil Field[]
The town is the first site of an oilfield in Punjab which operated from 1911 to the 1950s. The first commercial success came with the drilling of Khaur-1 by Pakistan Oilfields Limited in 1915, on a surface anticline in the Potwar Basin. Oil was discovered in sands in the lower part of the Miocene formation, and a total of 396 shallow wells were drilled in the field from 1915 to 1954.[4]
References[]
- ^ Maps, Weather, and Airports for Khaur, Pakistan. Fallingrain.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-21.
- ^ "Khaur". Khaur. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ A Gazetteer of Attock District, 1931, Part A.
- ^ World Oil (weekly magazine). Gulf Publishing Company. March 1947. p. 11 and 12. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
Categories:
- Cities and towns in Attock District
- Union councils of Attock District