Nanchuan Shale Gas Field (Chongqing, China)

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Nanchuan Shale Gas Field (南川页岩气) is an operating gas field in Chongqing, China.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Nanchuan Shale Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Nanchuan Shale	Operating	Sinopec Chongqing Shale Gas Company	Sinopec Corp (100.0%)	–	–	2016	Unconventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Nanchuan Shale Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	1P reserves	191827	million m³	2020	​
gas	1P	300000	million m³	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Nanchuan Shale Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	6500	million m³	2023
cumulative production	gas	8000	million m³	2024

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Nanchuan Shale Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sichuan	Chongqing, China	Onshore	29.1723, 107.2179 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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