HP/HT gas find for CNOOC in South China Sea

April 20, 2012
CNOOC Limited has discovered more gas in the Yinggehai basin of the western South China Sea.

Offshore staff

HONG KONG – CNOOC Limited has discovered more gas in the Yinggehai basin of the western South China Sea.

The Dongfang (DF)13-2 discovery well encountered gas pay with total thickness of 35 m (115 ft) in a high-temperature/high-pressure reservoir, in a water depth of 65 m (213 ft). This follows the successful appraisal of the middle formation of the DF 13-1 gas field in 2010.

DF13-2 was drilled the north of central sag in the Yinggehai basin of western South China Sea. During testing, the well flowed at an average rate of 42.4 MMcf/d.

4/20/2012