Gazprom technicians will be assigned to Chinese shale gas fields under development by China National Petroleum Corp. in a partnership program the companies have discussed extending.
The Russian company said its technicians first will visit production facilities of Changning field near the town of Yibin in Sichuan Province.
At a recent meeting in Chengdu, China, Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Wang Dongjin, CNPC vice-president, discussed a possible extension of a program formed under an “agreement of strategic cooperation” signed in October 2004, which has been developed through later agreements covering supply of gas to China by Gazprom.
The companies also are exploring cooperation in gas processing and chemical projects in eastern Russia and third countries.
China’s shale gas resource is considered highly promising (OGJ Online, June 5, 2012).
Bob Tippee | Editor
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.