Sichuan

CNPC struck daily gas flows of 225,000 cubic meters at exploration well Yongtan-1, in Sichuan Province’s Jianyang city, the firm said in December, part of a 350 square-km gas-rich acreage of volcanic rock layers.

Production at CNPC’s flagship shale gas play Chuannan in southern Sichuan hit a daily record of 20.11 million cubic meters in late December, up from 12 million cubic meters in October.

Total 2018 output in Chuannan was around 4.1 billion cubic meters (bcm), 37 percent above 2017.

A total of 143 drilling rigs were deployed in 2018 to produce gas at Chuannan, more than triple year-earlier levels. CNPC is aiming to raise the annual production capacity at Chuanby nan to 12 bcm by 2020.