China’s CNPC to Drill 30 Exploration Wells in Uzbekistan
Uzbekneftegaz signed a contract with China’s CNPC XIBU Drilling Engineering Company Limited for drilling 30 exploration wells. This was reported by the company’s press service. Work under the contract will be carried out from 2026 to 2028 on newly identified prospective subsoil blocks in the Ustyurt region. The planned well …
QazaqGaz and CNPC Signed a Contract for the Development of the Severnoye-1 Subsoil Block in Kazakhstan
On April 15, the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan hosted the signing of a contract for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons at the Severnoye-1 subsoil block in the Aktobe Region.This was reported by the ministry’s press service. The document was signed by Vice Minister of Energy E. Akbarov, Deputy …
Kazakhstan Plans to Include 25 New Subsoil Areas in Gas Exploration in 2026
In 2026, Kazakhstan plans to include 25 new prospective subsoil areas in the state subsoil management programme and thereby increase the country’s natural gas resource potential.This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of …
China’s CNPC Begins Exploration of Oil and Gas Fields in Tajikistan
Geophysical works in the form of 2D seismic surveys have begun at oil and gas fields in the southwestern regions of Tajikistan. The operations are being carried out by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), according to the press service of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan. …
France’s TotalEnergies Produces First Oil from Mero-4 Field in Brazil
French energy company TotalEnergies has announced the first oil production from the fourth development phase of the Mero field, located in the Libra block, approximately 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt zone of the Santos Basin, Brazil. Launched in August 2021, the new phase—known …
The Russian Federation Plans to Extract Oil in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
The Russian Federation Plans to Extract Oil in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan According to statements made by Nuriddin Azizi, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the Business Representative of the Russian Federation in Afghanistan, a Russian company has already begun geological exploration activities …
China Will Begin Searching for Oil and Gas at a Depth of 10 km
China is creating a new organization that will unite national oil producers and other state-owned companies to search for ultra-deep oil and gas reserves, as well as the production of other hard-to-recover reserves, CNPC said, whose statement was cited by Reuters. This is in response to President Xi Jinping’s call …
Tajikistan Will Soon Have a Lot of Oil and Gas
The Bokhtar project, which the Chinese CNPC took over from the French TotalEnergies in Tajikistan, has entered the implementation stage. The Chinese CNPC has begun implementing a project for the exploration and production of new hydrocarbon deposits in southwest Tajikistan. We are talking about the Bokhtar project, located in the …
CNPC Specialists Have Begun Geological Exploration Work in the Southwest of Tajikistan
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has begun implementing a project for the exploration and production of new hydrocarbon deposits in southwest Tajikistan. This was announced by CNPC General Director B. Deji. On April 11, 2024, the launch ceremony of the project for the development of new fields in southwestern …
An Ultra-Deep Well, Shenditake-1, 10 Thousand Meters Deep, Was Drilled In China
Drilling depth of the Shenditake-1 ultra-deep well in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on March 4 at 14:48. reached 10 thousand m, which marks a breakthrough in the country’s deep geological exploration. Xinhua agency reports this. Shenditake-1 well located in the interior region of the Taklamakan Desert, in the …