Production Begins at Billion-Tonne Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield
Production has commenced at the billion-tonne Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield.
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the state-owned oil and gas giant, announced on Friday that its Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield Development Project, which holds a billion tonnes of reserves, has begun production in the northern Bohai Sea.
Situated offshore in the central Bohai Bay at an average water depth of 20 meters, this oilfield project is projected to peak at around 22,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2025. The oil extracted is classified as light crude.
The initial phase of development includes the establishment of a new central processing platform and an unmanned wellhead platform, from which CNOOC plans to develop 33 wells. "For Phase I of Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield Development Project, we plan to develop 33 wells and put them into production. And the peak daily production of oil and gas equivalent is expected to exceed 3,500 cubic meters," stated Liu Jingliang, director of the Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield at CNOOC Tianjin Branch.
Currently, the oilfield features a petroleum reservoir with a total of 200 million cubic meters, making it the largest metamorphic oilfield in the world. The reservoirs lie within seabed hills that are thousands of meters beneath the surface and are mainly composed of metamorphic rocks.
Thanks to standardized engineering applications, the project transitioned from discovery to production in just three years, demonstrating a swift conversion of reserves into active production.
The Bohai Oilfield has developed over 50 operational oil and gas fields along with more than 200 production facilities. In 2024, oil and gas production in the Bohai Oilfield continued to show steady growth, with crude oil production remaining above 30 million tonnes for three consecutive years and cumulative oil and gas equivalent production surpassing 600 million tonnes.
Recently, the Bohai Oilfield has explored and discovered oil and gas fields totaling 6 billion tonnes.
Max Fischer for TROIB News
Situated offshore in the central Bohai Bay at an average water depth of 20 meters, this oilfield project is projected to peak at around 22,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2025. The oil extracted is classified as light crude.
The initial phase of development includes the establishment of a new central processing platform and an unmanned wellhead platform, from which CNOOC plans to develop 33 wells. "For Phase I of Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield Development Project, we plan to develop 33 wells and put them into production. And the peak daily production of oil and gas equivalent is expected to exceed 3,500 cubic meters," stated Liu Jingliang, director of the Bozhong 26-6 Oilfield at CNOOC Tianjin Branch.
Currently, the oilfield features a petroleum reservoir with a total of 200 million cubic meters, making it the largest metamorphic oilfield in the world. The reservoirs lie within seabed hills that are thousands of meters beneath the surface and are mainly composed of metamorphic rocks.
Thanks to standardized engineering applications, the project transitioned from discovery to production in just three years, demonstrating a swift conversion of reserves into active production.
The Bohai Oilfield has developed over 50 operational oil and gas fields along with more than 200 production facilities. In 2024, oil and gas production in the Bohai Oilfield continued to show steady growth, with crude oil production remaining above 30 million tonnes for three consecutive years and cumulative oil and gas equivalent production surpassing 600 million tonnes.
Recently, the Bohai Oilfield has explored and discovered oil and gas fields totaling 6 billion tonnes.
Max Fischer for TROIB News
