Sinopec Southwest Petroleum Administration secured high-yield industrial gas flow in the Pengzhou 5-1D well, a horizontal well in Western Sichuan Gas Field, the company said in separate social media postings Aug. 5.
Daily gas output from the well was 950,000 cu m/day with a daily open flow of 3.25 million cu m in its test production, the company said.
Western Sichuan Gas Field lies on the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, covering an area of about 139 sq km. The gas field's proven natural gas reserves exceed 100 bcm, with the main reservoir at a depth of about 5,700-6,200 m, according to local media reports. The field is expected to be completed and put into production in September 2023, with an annual output of 2 bcm of natural gas, the media reports.
Sinopec Southwest Petroleum Administration has secured high-yield industrial gas flow in the Pengzhou 5-1D well, a horizontal well in the Western Sichuan Gas Field. https://t.co/oDu5ZTamaz pic.twitter.com/s0xZQyJ4lX
— Sinopec (@SinopecNews) August 5, 2022