Weiyuan Shale Gas Field (China)

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Weiyuan Shale Gas Field (威远页岩) is an operating gas field in Sichuan, China.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Weiyuan Operating[1] PetroChina Xinan Oil & Gas Field Company Shunan Gas Mine[2] PetroChina Xinan Oil & Gas Field Company Shunan Gas Mine (100.0%)[3] 2010[1] 2016[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
gas 1P reserves 460000 million m³ 2023 [1]
gas 1P reserves 40861 million m³ 2007 [5]
gas recoverable reserves 14782 million m³ 2007 [5]

Table 3: Production from Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production gas 1850 million m³/y 2019 [6]
production gas 4745 million m³/y 2020 [7]
production gas 2600 million m³/y 2022 [1]
production gas 2993 million m³/y 2023 [1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sichuan Sichuan, China[8] 31.3453, 105.0073 (approximate)[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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  5. 5.0 5.1 Jinxing Dai (2006). "Geology of Giant Gas Fields in China". Science Direct. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923170301/http://www.cnpc.com.cn/cnpc/jtxw/201912/2676e0d872d84d739a384afbe3c2e00b.shtml. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  8. 8.0 8.1 "Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project" (PDF). World Bank. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.