Yakela Gas Field (Xinjiang, China)

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Yakela Gas Field (雅克拉) is an operating gas field in Xinjiang, China.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Yakela Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Yakela	Operating	Sinopec Northwest Oilfield Company	Sinopec Northwest Oilfield Company (100.0%)	1984	–	2005	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yakela Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas condensate	1P reserves	149.3	million boe	2009	​

Table 3: Production from Yakela Gas Field

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

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	10100	million m³	2017
cumulative production	gas	15400	million m³	2021
cumulative production	gas	16000	million m³	2022
cumulative production	condensate	25.33	million bbl	2024
cumulative production	gas	15203	million m³	2024
cumulative production	oil	24.7	million bbl	2021

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Yakela Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tarim	Xinjiang, China	Onshore	39.3453, 79.1669 (approximate)

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