Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field (East China Sea, China-Japan)

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Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field (春晓; 白樺ガス田) is an operating oil and gas field in East China Sea, China-Japan.

Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Chunxiao, Shirakaba.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Chunxiao/Shirakaba	Operating^[1]^[2]	Donghai Xihu Oil and Gas Operating Company^[1]	CNOOC Limited (50.0%); Sinopec (50.0%)^[1]	1995^[3]	–	2005^[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	estimated reserves	4774.2	million m³	2008	^[1]
oil	estimated reserves	3.8	million bbl	2008	^[1]

Table 3: Production from Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	gas	1900	million m³/y	2005	^[4]
production	gas	3321.5	million m³/y	2009	^[1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Chunxiao/Shirakaba Oil and Gas Field


Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
East China Sea Shelf	East China Sea, China-Japan^[5]	28.333, 124.911 (exact)^[5]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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