BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- PetroChina has recently made breakthroughs in risk exploration as it has found the new industrial gas well and oil run, respectively, in Sichuan Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
On Sunday, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company drilled the first volcanic rock industrial gas well in the Sichuan Basin, which will likely help its increase the natural gas reserves.
The initial test showed the daily gas production capacity of 225,000 cubic meters. The geological experts of the PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company predicted that the gas area of the well will be more than 350 square kilometers, indicating huge resource reserves.
Earlier, on December 15, PetroChina Xinjiang Oil & Gasfield Company found the high-yield industrial oil run in the Junggar Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with the daily post-flush production of the 3 mm nozzle at 30.25 cubic meters, which is expected to increase its oil production. (Edited by Hu Pingchao, hupingchao@xinhua.org)