Chevron Completes First Stage of Chuandongbei Gas Project in Southwest China

Chevron Corporation’s fully-owned subsidiary Unocal East China Sea, Ltd. has commenced natural gas production from the third train at the Chuandongbei project in southwest China marking the completion of the first stage.

The first train achieved its first gas earlier this year on January 25 and the second train achieved first gas on April 7. Production of first gas from the third train marks the successful start-up of first stage development of the project, the company said on Tuesday. Production is planned to ramp up over coming months. The three trains have a combined design outlet capacity of 258 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The Chuandongbei project is estimated to contain potentially recoverable natural gas resources of 3 trillion cubic feet.

The Chuandongbei project is one of the largest onshore gas projects developed by an international oil company and a national oil company in China. The project covers over 800 square kilometers in Sichuan Province and the Chongqing Municipality. The first stage of the project includes a gas processing plant, a sulfur plant, a comprehensive pipeline network and safety monitoring systems.

Unocal East China Sea, Ltd. holds a 49 percent participating interest as the operator and China National Petroleum Corporation holds a 51 participating percent interest.