Bayan Oil Block (Inner Mongolia, China)

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Bayan Oil Block (巴彦) is an operating oil block in Inner Mongolia, China.

Along with Chaheji Oil Field (Hebei, China), Aershan Oil Field (Inner Mongolia, China), Aer Oil Field (Inner Mongolia, China), and Baolige Oil Field (Inner Mongolia, China), Bayan Oil Block is a part of the Huabei Oil Complex (Hebei, China).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Block-level project details for Bayan Oil Block

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Bayan	Operating	PetroChina Huabei Oilfeld Company	PetroChina (100.0%)	2018	–	2023	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bayan Oil Block

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	1905.8	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Bayan Oil Block

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	7.33	million bbl/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Block-level location details for Bayan Oil Block

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hetao	Inner Mongolia, China	Onshore	40.8269, 107.5047 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the block(s) within the Huabei complex:

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