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China has had no significant oil production until these recent finds
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China has struck black-gold after discovering 100 million tons of oil beneath the seabed. A major oilfield, called Huizhou 19-6, was recently found in the deep and ultra-deep layers under the South China Sea, according to an announcement on Monday by the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
Test wells have already sucked up hundreds of barrels of crude oil and the company claims there’s proven reserves of much, much more.
“The discovery well HZ19-6-3 was drilled and completed at a depth of 5,415 meters, which encountered a total of 127 meters oil and gas pay zones. The well was tested to produce 413 barrels of crude oil and 2.41 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Through continued exploration, the proved in-place volume of Huizhou 19-6 oilfield has exceeded a hundred million tons of oil equivalent,” CNOOC said in a statement.
The new-found Huizhou 19-6 site is reportedly around 170 kilometers (105 miles) off the coast of Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province. It’s well within China's Exclusive Economic Zone, the sea zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast where it has special rights to fish, drill, and explore.
China Has Made A Major Discovery Deep Under The South China Sea
Never mind climate change, here's 100 million tons of oil.
China has struck black-gold after discovering 100 million tons of oil beneath the seabed. A major oilfield, called Huizhou 19-6, was recently found in the deep and ultra-deep layers under the South China Sea, according to an announcement on Monday by the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
Test wells have already sucked up hundreds of barrels of crude oil and the company claims there’s proven reserves of much, much more.
“The discovery well HZ19-6-3 was drilled and completed at a depth of 5,415 meters, which encountered a total of 127 meters oil and gas pay zones. The well was tested to produce 413 barrels of crude oil and 2.41 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Through continued exploration, the proved in-place volume of Huizhou 19-6 oilfield has exceeded a hundred million tons of oil equivalent,” CNOOC said in a statement.
The new-found Huizhou 19-6 site is reportedly around 170 kilometers (105 miles) off the coast of Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province. It’s well within China's Exclusive Economic Zone, the sea zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast where it has special rights to fish, drill, and explore.