Weiyuan Shale Gas Field (China)

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Weiyuan Shale Operating[1] PetroChina Xi'nan Oil & Gas Field Company Shunan Gas Mine[2] PetroChina Xi'nan Oil & Gas Field Company Shunan Gas Mine (100.0%)[3] 2010[4] 2016[5] Unconventional[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas 1P reserves 460000 million m³ 2023 [4]
gas 1P reserves 40861 million m³ 2007 [6]
gas recoverable reserves 14782 million m³ 2007 [6]

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 [7]
production gas 4745 million m³/y 2020 [8]
production gas 2600 million m³/y 2022 [4]
production gas 2993 million m³/y 2023 [4]

Location

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

Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sichuan Sichuan, China[9] Onshore[10] 31.3453, 105.0073 (approximate)[9]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240801194742/https://gas.in-en.com/html/gas-3678684.shtml. Archived from the original on 01 August 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  6. 6.0 6.1 Jinxing Dai (2006). "Geology of Giant Gas Fields in China". Science Direct. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  7. 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)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917230532/https://gas.in-en.com/html/gas-3406959.shtml. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project" (PDF). World Bank. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  10. Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)