A major gas field in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region starts production on Wednesday, according to information
from the Xinjiang Oilfield Company.
The gas field, located on the southern edge of the Junggar
Basin, produces 1.5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day,
which is expected to help ease energy shortages in northern
Xinjiang.
Sun Xiaogang, vice president of the company, said the company
will complete the comprehensive development of the gas field in
2008 with the daily production set to hit 2.9 million cubic
meters.
The gas field is the third that has been constructed by Xinjiang
Oilfield Company and is the largest gas field in the Junggar Basin,
a major natural gas producing belt in China.
Estimates from the Xinjiang petrochemical industry management
office said the total natural gas output in the region is expected
to amount to 21.45 billion cubic meters this year, higher than any
other provinces or regions in China.
(Xinhua News Agency December 6, 2007)
