China Discovers 100-Million-Ton Oil and Gas Area

China has found a 100-million-metric ton oil and gas area in the Shunbei oil and gas field of the Tarim Basin in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to an announcement of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) made Jan 26, 2022.

The initial survey shows that the area has 88 million tons of condensate oil and 290 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which will play a key role in improving the country's energy supply capacity and guaranteeing its energy security.

Wang Shijie, general manager of Sinopec Northwest China Petroleum Bureau, said that the Shunbei oil and gas reservoir field is located in central and western parts of the Tarim Basin and is buried ultra-deep underground, creating ultra-high pressure and temperature.

He stressed that the reservoir has an average depth of more than 7,300 meters, making it one of the world's deepest oil and gas reservoirs. Its development may be extremely difficult.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)