Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field (South China Sea, China)

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Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field (西江23-1) is an operating oil field in South China Sea, China.

Along with Xijiang 24-3 Oil Field (South China Sea, China) and Xijiang 30-2 Oil Field (South China Sea, China), Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field is a part of the Xijiang complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Xijiang 23-1	Operating	CNOOC Limited	CNOOC Limited (100.0%)	2003	–	2008	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	11.31	million bbl/y	2008
production design capacity	oil	14.6	million bbl/y	[not stated]

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Xijiang 23-1 Oil Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Xijiang 04	Zhujiangkou	South China Sea, China	Offshore	21.3943, 115.0946 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Xijiang complex:

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