The Recent new discoveries of oil and gas fields in China and their implications

摘要

In recent years, China ' s petroleum exploration moves forward quickly, generally achieving the following four discoveries: (1)Oil fields with reserves over 1.7 billion tons(Bt) in the shallow layer of the offshore Bohai Bay Basin; (2) Great discoveries in the thrust belts of western China; (3ZThe large carbonate oilfield in the Lunan Uplift of northern Tarim that is the largest carbonate field in China; and (4) Several large gas fields with large reserves in western China, especially in Kuqa Depression of Tarim basin, central part of Odors basin and northeastern Sichuan basin. The above oil and gas discoveries bring forward an important inspiration that China has large area worth exploring. In the coming 5-10 years, China ' s hydrocarbon exploration will be prospective.