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Xingwen County Shale Gas Officially Started Using
Updated:2016.10.14

  On October 10th, First Gas Passing Ceremony was held at the construction site of Yibin Xingwen Shale Gas Exploitation Project, signifying that the shale gas pool at Xingwen County had been officially started utilization and striven to meet the energy needs in Southern Sichuan region.

  H13 drilling platform which started to operate, is located at Niyuan Village, Yuxiu Miao Nationality Township. There are a total of 6 wells with each investment of 55 million yuan. It is expected that by the end of 2016, the total gas will amount to over 50 million cubic meters. On the same day, gas pipelines have been linked with Na'an Gas Pipeline, a gas artery in Sichuan, meaning that gas pipelines there have been part of Ring Sichuan Natural Gas Pipeline Network.

  Wenxing County is an important region with shale gas resources and a part of Sichuan Changning-Weiyuan National Level Shale Gas Comprehensive Exploitation Demonstration Zone and Yunnan Chongqing Shaotong National Level Shale Gas Comprehensive Exploitation Demonstration Zone. The reserves of shale gas at Xingwen County are estimated to be over 60 billion cubic meters. Apart from this drilling platform in operation, there are another three 3 drilling platforms and 19 wells at Xingwen.

  In accordance with the 13th Five-Year Plan, by 2020, there will be 28 drilling platforms and 138 wells at Xingwen with the accumulating investment of 7 billion yuan and shale gas of 4.5 billion cubic meters. By then, the sale income will reach 5 billion yuan and local tax will amount to 300 million yuan. Xingwen County will also intensify the exploitation and local transformation for shale gas and promote the formation of a brand new pattern in energy industry upgrading from single coal producing to the comprehensive development and exploitation of new energy, shale gas and coal.

 
 
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