CNOOC Ltd. has begun manufacturing on the Dongfang 1-1 Gasoline Discipline 13-3 Block Growth Venture within the South China Sea, its ninth introduced startup offshore China in 2025.
“The venture is the primary high-temperature, high-pressure, low-permeability pure fuel venture offshore China”, CNOOC Ltd., majority owned by China Nationwide Offshore Oil Corp., mentioned in a press launch.
The venture is within the Yinggehai Basin, in waters with a median depth of about 67 meters (219.82 toes), the corporate mentioned.
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CNOOC Ltd. expects the venture to achieve its capability of round 35 million cubic toes a day subsequent yr. CNOOC Ltd., the only real proprietor, plans to develop six wells. The venture makes use of current amenities of the Dongfang fuel fields and a brand new unmanned wellhead platform.
“The prevailing amenities are used to attach the Dongfang 1-1 fuel discipline and Dongfang 13-2 fuel discipline. CNOOC Restricted has thereby efficiently established an built-in offshore fuel manufacturing community within the Yinggehai Basin”, the corporate mentioned.
“It can facilitate the secure and dependable provide of pure fuel within the area, offering sturdy assist for the financial and social growth of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Hainan”.
Simply final week CNOOC Ltd. introduced the startup of section I of the Kenli 10-2 Oilfields Growth Venture, which it referred to as “the biggest shallow lithological oilfield offshore China”.
The venture is within the Bohai Sea, a part of the Yellow Sea. The venture has a median water depth of roughly 20 meters, in accordance with CNOOC Ltd.
The one hundred pc proprietor expects the venture to realize its peak price of 19,400 barrels of oil equal a day in 2026. CNOOC Ltd. plans 79 wells: 33 chilly restoration wells, 24 thermal restoration wells, 21 water injection wells and one water supply properly.
“Kenli 10-2 Oilfield is the primary lithological oilfield with proved in-place quantity of 100 million tons found within the shallow despair zone of the Bohai Bay Basin”, the corporate mentioned.
“CNOOC Ltd. has adopted an modern mixed growth strategy of ‘standard water injection + steam huff and puff + steam flooding’, offering sturdy technical assist for the environment friendly utilization of oil reserves”, it added. “The venture’s platform integrates each standard chilly manufacturing and thermal restoration techniques, and is provided with over 240 units of key gear.
“It is likely one of the most complicated manufacturing platforms within the Bohai area and the primary large-scale thermal restoration platform for heavy oil in southern Bohai Sea”.
Beforehand in 2025 CNOOC Ltd. introduced three startups within the Bohai Sea and 4 within the South China Sea. The Bohai Sea tasks are the Caofeidian 6-4 discipline adjustment, section II of the Luda 5-2 North discipline and the Bozhong 26-6 discipline. The South China Sea tasks are Wenchang 19-1 discipline section II, the Dongfang 29-1 discipline, the Panyu 11-12/10-1/10-2 Oilfield Adjustment Joint Growth Venture and the Weizhou 5-3 discipline.
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