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| Henan oilfield lies in Nanyang basin of the west-southern
Henan with its operation area covering three cities (prefectural)
of Nanyang, Zhumadian and Pingdingshan as well as eight counties,
including Xinye and Tanghe.
The oil and gas exploration in Henan oilfield begun in 1955. Nanyang oilfield was discovered in Nanyang sag of Nanxiang basin as a result of commercial oil flowing from Dongzhuang anticlinal structure on Aug.8,1971. By the end of 1997, there were 16 oilfields discovered totally, including Nanyang and Shuanghe, with an accumulative proven OOIP and OGIP of 1.98¡Á108 t and 40.06¡Á108m3 respectively. Its annual oil and gas productions were 185.06¡Á104 t and 0.33¡Á108m3 respectively. A yearly oil production capacity of 200¡Á104 t has been established there. Nanyang oilfield is an example successful for oil and gas exploration
in middle and small basins in 70¡¯s last century. Now, it is one
of the medium bases for oil production in China. |
