China: Seismic under way on Ordos CBM block

June 27, 2011
Sino Gas & Energy Holdings Ltd., Perth, has signed two contracts relating to its Sanjiaobei production sharing contract in the Ordos basin in Shanxi Province, China.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 27
-- Sino Gas & Energy Holdings Ltd., Perth, has signed two contracts relating to its Sanjiaobei production sharing contract in the Ordos basin in Shanxi Province, China.

The first contract will see the commencement of an extensive seismic program designed to expand the potential development area. BGP Seismic Cooperation Co. is under way shooting 400 sq km of seismic. To data Sino Gas has focused on a 70 sq km area in the northwest corner of the PSC.

Sino Gas has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the National Centre of Coal Bed Methane to deliver the Chinese reserves report on the Sanjiaobei PSC. The Chinese reserves report is a precursor to development approval in China.