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China-Oil-gas Well/Asian Record
Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - May 1, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of oil, gas well, drilling facilities
2. Various of drilling facilities
3. Various of engineers working
4. Various of well drilling starting; engineers working
Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qi Lixin, chief expert of oil, gas exploration, Sinopec (ending with shots 6-7):
"Oil and gas exploration at shallow and moderate depths in China has entered a full-blown stage, but there are still abundant oil and gas resources buried at deeper depths. The proven oil and gas reserves buried at deep and ultra-deep depths have reached 67.1 billion tonnes of oil equivalent, and the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration in China."
FILE: Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Aerial shots of desert, facilities
7. Aerial shots of desert, engineers walking
8. Aerial shots of trucks, facilities
9. Aerial shots of oil, gas well in desert, facilities
10. Various of flames
11. Various of engineers, equipment in operation
12. Various of oil, gas well in desert, facilities
Drilling of the "Yuejin 3-3" well, designed to be Asia's deepest oil-and-gas well, started on Monday in the country's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The well is a key oil and natural gas project under the ultra-deep drilling project known as Deep Earth, which is launched by China's energy and chemical giant Sinopec.
The well to drill to a depth of 9,472 meters is located in Xayar County, Xinjiang's Aksu Prefecture on the edge of China's largest desert Taklamakan Desert, which is situated in the Tarim Basin.
Expected to provide the core technology and equipment for China's exploration of resources buried around 10,000 meters deep, the well is scheduled to be drilled to the designed depth within 170 days.
According to international practices, wells with a vertical depth of 4,500 meters to 6,000 meters are deep wells, those with a depth of 6,000 meters to 8,000 meters are ultra-deep wells, while wells over 9,000 meters are super-deep wells.
The "Yuejin 3-3," which falls into the category of the super-deep well, is even hundreds of meters more than the height of Mount Qomolangma (known to the West as Mount Everest).
Across the Taklamakan Desert, 120 wells have been drilled at depths of over 8,000 meters, with each tasked with the mission under the "Deep Earth" project to drill for oil and gas buried around thousands of meters beneath the desert.
In China, more than a third of discovered oil and gas resources are detected underground at 4,500 meters to 10,000 meters deep, some even deeper.
At present, the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration efforts in China
"Oil and gas exploration at shallow and moderate depths in China has entered a full-blown stage, but there are still abundant oil and gas resources buried at deeper depths. The proven oil and gas reserves buried at deep and ultra-deep depths have reached 67.1 billion tons of oil equivalent, and the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration in China," said Qi Lixin, chief expert of oil and gas exploration of Sinopec.
The Tarim Basin is a major petroliferous basin in China but is also one of the most difficult to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. Its oil and gas reserves are buried over 7,300 meters deep on average.
The oil and natural gas resources detected underground at 6,000 meters to 10,000 meters deep in the basin account for 83.2 percent and 63.9 percent of its total, respectively.
China-Oil-gas Well/Asian Record
Dateline : May 1, 2023/Recent/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'50
Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - May 1, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of oil, gas well, drilling facilities
2. Various of drilling facilities
3. Various of engineers working
4. Various of well drilling starting; engineers working
Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Qi Lixin, chief expert of oil, gas exploration, Sinopec (ending with shots 6-7):
"Oil and gas exploration at shallow and moderate depths in China has entered a full-blown stage, but there are still abundant oil and gas resources buried at deeper depths. The proven oil and gas reserves buried at deep and ultra-deep depths have reached 67.1 billion tonnes of oil equivalent, and the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration in China."
FILE: Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Aerial shots of desert, facilities
7. Aerial shots of desert, engineers walking
8. Aerial shots of trucks, facilities
9. Aerial shots of oil, gas well in desert, facilities
10. Various of flames
11. Various of engineers, equipment in operation
12. Various of oil, gas well in desert, facilities
Drilling of the "Yuejin 3-3" well, designed to be Asia's deepest oil-and-gas well, started on Monday in the country's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The well is a key oil and natural gas project under the ultra-deep drilling project known as Deep Earth, which is launched by China's energy and chemical giant Sinopec.
The well to drill to a depth of 9,472 meters is located in Xayar County, Xinjiang's Aksu Prefecture on the edge of China's largest desert Taklamakan Desert, which is situated in the Tarim Basin.
Expected to provide the core technology and equipment for China's exploration of resources buried around 10,000 meters deep, the well is scheduled to be drilled to the designed depth within 170 days.
According to international practices, wells with a vertical depth of 4,500 meters to 6,000 meters are deep wells, those with a depth of 6,000 meters to 8,000 meters are ultra-deep wells, while wells over 9,000 meters are super-deep wells.
The "Yuejin 3-3," which falls into the category of the super-deep well, is even hundreds of meters more than the height of Mount Qomolangma (known to the West as Mount Everest).
Across the Taklamakan Desert, 120 wells have been drilled at depths of over 8,000 meters, with each tasked with the mission under the "Deep Earth" project to drill for oil and gas buried around thousands of meters beneath the desert.
In China, more than a third of discovered oil and gas resources are detected underground at 4,500 meters to 10,000 meters deep, some even deeper.
At present, the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration efforts in China
"Oil and gas exploration at shallow and moderate depths in China has entered a full-blown stage, but there are still abundant oil and gas resources buried at deeper depths. The proven oil and gas reserves buried at deep and ultra-deep depths have reached 67.1 billion tons of oil equivalent, and the deep and ultra-deep fields have become the main battlefield of oil and gas exploration in China," said Qi Lixin, chief expert of oil and gas exploration of Sinopec.
The Tarim Basin is a major petroliferous basin in China but is also one of the most difficult to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. Its oil and gas reserves are buried over 7,300 meters deep on average.
The oil and natural gas resources detected underground at 6,000 meters to 10,000 meters deep in the basin account for 83.2 percent and 63.9 percent of its total, respectively.
ID : 8322468
Published : 2023-05-01 13:25
Last Modified : 2023-05-02 19:46:05
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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