China Daily reports that China National Petroleum Corp has found a natural gas field with a proven reserve of 100 billion cu m in northern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region
The Klameli field is the first reserve of this size ever discovered around the Junggar Basin, said Chen Xinfa, general manager of Xinjiang Oilfield Co, a subsidiary of CNPC.
Discovery of the field, about 250 km away from Karamay city, will alleviate the gas shortage in northern Xinjiang, said Chen.
Junggar Basin is said to have 2.5 trillion cu m of gas in reserve, but less than 10 percent have been proved. Xinjiang Oil Co, which is responsible for exploiting oil and gas reserves there, planned to boost its annual gas production to 5 billion cu m by 2010.
Natural gas output in Xinjiang is expected to reach 24 billion cu m in 2008. The leading gas-producing region will pump more than 15 billion cu m of natural gas this year to the country's more affluent but energy-hungry eastern regions, the China Petroleum Daily reported.
Author:
Ksenia Kochneva
