Cnooc Makes Mid-Size Gas Discovery in Bahai Bay

Chinese Cnooc has announced a mid-sized natural gas field discovery Bozhong 19-6 in Bohai Bay in the Yellow Sea, it said December 8.

The discovery well Bozhong 19-6-1 is drilled and completed at a depth of 4,181 metres and met oil pay zones with a total thickness of about 25 metres and a gas reservoir with a total thickness of about 348 metres, Cnooc said, adding that the evaluation well was tested to produce about 1,000 barrels of oil and 6.4mn ft³/d of gas.

The Bozhong 19-6 find is in the southwest sag of Bozhong south central Bohai, with an average water depth of about 22 metres.

“The natural gas field discovery of Bozhong 19-6 demonstrates the good prospects... for the future gas exploration of Bohai Bay and lays a solid foundation for the company’s quality clean energy supply for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,” Xie Yuhong, executive vice president of the company and general manager of exploration department commented.