China’s CNOOC has recently made what it says is a mid-sized natural gas field discovery Bozhong 19-6 in Bohai Bay, offshore China.
The company on Friday said Bozhong 19-6 trap was located in the southwest sag of Bozhong south central Bohai, with an average water depth of about 22 meters.
The discovery well Bozhong 19-6-1 is drilled and completed at a depth of 4,181 meters and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 25 meters and gas reservoir with a total thickness of about 348 meters. The evaluation well was tested to produce about 1,000 barrels of oil and 6.4 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
Xie Yuhong , Executive Vice President of the company and General Manager of Exploration Department commented, “The natural gas field discovery of Bozhong 19-6 demonstrates good prospects of buried hills for future gas exploration of Bohai Bay and lays a solid foundation for the company’s quality clean energy supply for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.”