CNPC Establishes Two Shale Gas Fields

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has established two national-level shale gas fields with 23 wells, China Daily has said citing a company statement.

One of the fields is located in Changning-Weiyuan, Sichuan province, and the other is in Zhaotong, Yunnan province. The company said it owns the intellectual property rights of four sets of exploration technologies.

By March 10, the company had finished setting up 16 wells in the Changning-Weiyuan field, China Daily said.

The daily output in that field of a single straight well is between 2,000 cubic meters to 33,000 cu m and that of a horizontal well is between 10,000 cu m to 160,000 cu m, according to the company.

The company has seven wells in the Zhaotong field, with the daily output of the straight wells at 2,500 cu m and of horizontal wells between 15,000 cu m and 36,000 cu m.