Kaiping South Oil Field (South China Sea, China)

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Kaiping South Oil Field (开平南) is a discovered oil field in South China Sea, China.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kaiping South Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Kaiping South	Discovered	CNOOC Limited	CNOOC Limited (100.0%)	2024	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kaiping South Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	747.66	million bbl	2023	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Kaiping South Oil Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zhujiangkou	South China Sea, China	Offshore	20.8561, 116.6068 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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