China has started drilling the deepest well in Asia
China has started drilling the deepest well in Asia
02 May 2023
Sinopec oil and gas Company started drilling the Yuejin 3-3 well in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China on May 1. The 9472 m deep well has been announced as the deepest in Asia.
To date, Sinopec has already drilled 120 wells to a depth of more than 8 km in the Taklamakan Desert.
In August 2023, Sinopec found an oil field containing 1.7 billion tons of oil reserves during exploration at the Shunbei field in the Tarim Basin. The average depth of the deposit reaches 7,300 m, it is one of the deepest in the world.