Wenbei Oil Field (Xinjiang, China)

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Wenbei Oil Field (温北) is an operating oil field in Xinjiang, China.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Wenbei Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Wenbei	Operating	Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corp., Ltd	Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corp., Ltd. (ZPEC) (100.0%)	2019	–	2023	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Wenbei Oil Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	1P reserves	753	million m³	2023	​
gas	1P reserves	449	million m³	2020	​
gas	1P reserves	449	million m³	2020	​
oil	1P reserves	220.71	million bbl	2023	​
oil	1P reserves	220.71	million bbl	2020	​
oil	1P reserves	220.71	million bbl	2020	​

Table 3: Production from Wenbei Oil Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	2.93	million bbl/y	2021
production design capacity	oil	1.28	million bbl/y	2021
production design capacity	gas	22	million m³/y	2021

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Wenbei Oil Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tarim	Xinjiang, China	Onshore	41.2866, 80.2268 (approximate)

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