Karamay Oil Field

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Summary Information

• Operator: CNPC
• Country: China
• Location:
• Production start: 1955
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Karamay field is located in a desolate, hilly terrain on the northern edge of the Gobi Desert
• It was China's first commercial oilfield

Contractors

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History

• 1955 - First oil produced

Geology

• The Junggar Basin is a structurally depressed area filled with sediments of Carboniferous to Tertiary age

Links

1. World Bank Project
2. The First 10-Million-Ton Oilfield in West China Emerges in Karamay, Xinjiang

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