CNOOC Ltd. discovered gas in Lingshui 36-1 gas field in the western South China Sea in about 1,500 m of water.
The main gas-bearing play is the Ledong formation of Quaternary, with an ultra-shallow average burial depth of 210 m. The field has been tested to produce over 10 million cu m/d of open flow natural gas.
The successful testing of Lingshui 36-1 “further expands the resource base for the development of a trillion-cubic-meters gas region in South China Sea,” said Zhou Xinhuai, chief executive officer and president of CNOOC.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
