600 Million Cubic Meters Of Natural Gas Per Year, 176 Gas Wells in Changqing Oilfield Are About To Be Put Into Production

The construction of 176 natural gas wells in China National Petroleum Corporation's Changqing Oilfield located in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places has been accelerated. They have now entered the last step before production - the critical period of fracturing. It is estimated that after all of them are put into production, 600 million cubic meters of natural gas will be added annually.

At the pilot test platform gas test site in Heshui County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, front-line employees are conducting test production and other work to prepare for the next step of handover to production. Lei Xun, director of the Geological Management Department of the Natural Gas Evaluation Project Department of PetroChina Changqing Oilfield, said: "At present, all preparations for winter supply guarantee have been fully launched, and the fracturing and production of new wells and the handover of new wells are being accelerated. At present, 176 natural gas wells are being accelerated for fracturing and production. After production, it is expected to increase the annual production capacity by 600 million cubic meters, which can meet the daily gas needs of 3 million households and 9 million people in Qingyang, Gansu, Yanchi, Ningxia and other places."

Up to now, Changqing Oilfield has built the first large gas zone in China with an annual output of 50 billion cubic meters. It has maintained its position as the largest gas producing zone in China for 13 consecutive years. It has contributed more than 650 billion cubic meters of natural gas to the motherland, which can replace 790 million tons of standard coal and reduce carbon emissions by about 1 billion tons. It plays an important role in optimizing the national energy structure and improving the ecological environment.