So far 22 billion cubic meters of natural gas have been
transferred from the Karamay No.2 Gas Field, Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region, to the eastern part of China, benefiting
200-million-plus Chinese urbanites in 80-odd cities in the past
three years.
The No. 2 Gas Field is located in Baicheng County. Its
productivity was confirmed in 1999, when a high-yield gas flow was
found. After two years’ investigation, 47 sq km of land in the
field have been found to contain rich gas resource, the total
reserve of which is 280 billion cubic meters.
It was the discovery of the No.2 Gas Field that had encouraged
the central authorities to make up their mind to launch the
West-to-East Gas Transmission Project. Now the project serves as an
important energy artery of China.
The development of the No.2 Gas Field was started in 2003, and
it was put into production in the end of 2004. It has the capacity
of producing 10.8 billion cubic meters of gas every year, enough to
meet the demand in eastern China.
The gas from the No.2 Gas Field to the Yangtze River Delta has
taken the place of 20 million tons of standard coal, thus the
emission of harmful substance has been cut by 1 million tons.
In 2007, the annual output of the No.2 Gas Field will break 10
billion cubic meters. The director of the gas field is confident in
supplying at least 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every
year for more than 16 years, which will be a great help to the on
going Green Olympics drive.
(Chinanews.cn December 9, 2007)