The photovoltaic power generating capacity of Changqing Oilfield of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province exceeded 100,000 kWh per day on July 7, a historical high.
The increasing output will contribute to green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the oilfield and give it a leading role in new energy development among CNPC's subsidiaries in Shaanxi.
As China's largest inland oil and gas production base, the Changqing Oilfield makes new energy a highlight in its development and has been concentrating on complementary production of oil and gas and multiple kinds of energy to speed up its transformation into a modern comprehensive energy company.
Changqing Oilfield has made some progress in new energy fields. For instance, it has built a national demonstration project of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and undertaken 15 energy-conserving and photovoltaic projects, as well as nine projects concentrating on energy conservation and consumption reduction, recycling and utilization of associated gas, solar and wind power, and development of a forest carbon sink.
The company has also completed CNPC's first demonstration project of geothermal energy development and utilization of inactive wells in Shaanxi.
A 3 MW distributed photovoltaic power station, the first of its kind in Changqing Oilfield, has provided 1.4 million kWh of clean electricity, equal to the output from burning 427.7 metric tons of standard coal and a reduction of 1,112 tons of carbon dioxide.
In the first half of this year, Changqing Oilfield achieved clean energy replacement of 92,600 tons of standard coal, eliminating release of 240,700 tons of carbon dioxide.
Following China's dual carbon goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, Changqing Oilfield has stepped up efforts to develop natural gas, realizing an increasing output of more than 3 billion cubic meters annually.
It is also a key hub for 15 national natural gas transmission pipelines.
Changqing Oilfield has become a key part of the inland natural gas pipeline network and a link for energy cooperation with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
In the first half of this year, the oilfield produced nearly 25.28 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
What's more, Changqing Oilfield has constructed distributed photovoltaic power generation facilities and plans to build 166.7 MW distributed photovoltaic projects with an annual power generation capacity of 252 million kWh that can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 168,200 tons.
By the end of this year, the company is expected to complete building wind and solar power stations with installed capacity of 367.2 MW, which are expected to generate more than 60 million kWh of power annually.
According to a staff member at the new energy department of Changqing Oilfield, the company will strengthen cooperation with local governments to promote development of the wind and solar power stations over the rest of this year.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
