Weirong Shale Gas Field (Sichuan, China)

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Weirong Shale Gas Field (威荣页岩气) is an operating gas field in Sichuan, China.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Weirong Shale	Operating	Sinopec Southwest Petroleum Bureau	Sinopec Corp (100.0%)	2015	–	2020	Unconventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Weirong Shale Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	1P reserves	124700	million m³	2019	​
gas	1P reserves	124700	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Weirong Shale Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	1277.5	million m³/y	2021

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sichuan	Sichuan, China	Onshore	31.3453, 105.0073 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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