SINOPEC Northwest Company(Northwest Company for short), located beautiful and rich Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is one of Sinopec upstream oil field enterprise, which is engaged with operation of exploration, development and marketing of oil and gas, headquarters in Urumqi, and the front directing base is located in Luntai county of Bayinguolen Mongolia autonomous canton. At present, 37 oil and gas exploration blocks are in possession of the branch, and the total area is 143.1 thousands km2, the oil and gas perspective resource is 13.704 billions tons of oil equivalent. The 3 grades OOIP is 3.11 billions ton of oil equivalent. 6 oil and gas fields, which are Tahe, Xidaliya, Bashituo, Yakela, Dalaoba, S3-1, have been put in production. In 995 wells of total oil and gas wells, 775 are put in production, daily oil production level 18271 tons, daily gas 3776 thousands m3.
Northwest Company, a contribution crew that belongs to former Geological Mineral Department had been engaged in petroleum geological reconnaissance exploration. It had participated in discovering Daqing, Liaohe and Shengli oil fields early or late, which contributed superiorly for the start and development of petroleum industry of new China. Since 1978, the year when it first came into Xinjiang, it had developed petroleum reconnaissance in Tarim, Zhunger and Tuha basins. On September 22, 1984, well SC2 deployed at Shaya uplift in Tarim basin realized important breakthrough, which means discovery of the first marine facies Paleozoic carbonate oil-gas field, and opened the large-scale oil-gas exploration. In 1997, well S46 and well S48, aiming at Ordovician carbonate exploration domain under paleo-eroding surface of early Variscan stage, had obtained high yielding and stable industrial oil-gas flow. The first Paleozoic marine facies large oil field, Tahe oil field, was discovered, which recognized the real important breakthrough to Paleozoic marine facies carbonate oil-gas exploration in China. From 2003 to 2009, Tahe oil field developed rapidly, the average annual crude oil production rate amplitude is more than 0.6 millions tons, which attributes to 80% of yearly incremental production of Sinopec. The yearly production of natural gas is increased to 1.345 billion m3 in 2009 from 0.337 billion in 2003. Tahe oil field has being been the most important oil crude incremental region and succeed region.
The oil-gas exploration and development work of Northwest Company has been gradually in the way of canonical and scientific development fast lane. The proved oil reserves is increased to 1.036 billions tons in 2009 from 0.4 billion tons in 2003, and the oil production is increased to 6600 thousands tons in 2009 from 3000 thousands tons in 2003.The crude rate from 50 thousand tons in 1991 has rapidly reached 4.72 million tons in 2006. The oil field basal construction and surface productivity developed a lot. No.1, No2 and No.3 Tahe associate station Yakela, Dalaobai collection processing station have been set up early or later, and oil crude collection system, west to east system and the first heavy oil pipe laying in China have also been built up, which realized scientific collection processing for crude oil yielding. That will help a lot to Tahe oil field development. In the progress of rapid development, the crude oil rate of branch company ranks second place in Sinopec upstream oil field enterprises, production rate, benefit and profit for each person comes out top in every China large oil fields.
At the same time, a set of results have been achieved in scientific innovation. Carbonate fractural-cavern oil field development theory was found, 6 carbonate fractural-cavern reservoir development technologies were innovated, the reform of 1 regime for 1 enterprise was completed in manage, and scientific canonical function mechanism was set up primarily. At present, Northwest Company is in the way of modern oil company which proposes: manage is scientific canonical, market is equitable credible, supervision is entire and powerful, development is concordant and high effectively. In the mean time of self development, according to development thought of “oil field and local place construct large oil field together, and the two parties consult with big development’, Northwest petroleum bureau and Northwest Company hammer at win-win idea, and a great deal effective work has been done, which impelled local economy construction. At the same time, the company pays a lot attention to morality education development. Xinjiang autonomous government praised the company as advanced unit in integrate administration for society public security and sample unit of civilization. The civilization unit title has been got for 13 years consecutively. The whole China ‘5.1’diploma was honoured in 2001.
In the year 2009, the diversified works have acquire compelling achievement. In oil and gas exploration work, the outstanding results of one great results，one great breakthrough，and two important discovers and four important progresses have been obtained. In full year, the new proved oil reserves 0.125 billion tons are obtained, new controlled oil reserves 0.16 billion tons. The oil and gas production keeps speedy increase, and the accumulative total oil production 6600 thousands tons and gas 1.345 billions tons in 2009.
Northwest Company is charged with the important task of increasing reserves and production of Sinopec, and the mission of expediting progress in the west. According to the integer progress aim of Sinopec, combining with the resource status quo of royalty region and exploration and development posture in Xinjiang, the main layout aims in the period of 12th 5-year are primarily confirmed in the Branch. In the domain of exploration, in the end of 12th 5-year, the 0.4 billion tons of new proved oil reserves should be achieved, and gas 100 billions m3. In the domain of development, in year 2015, 15000 thousands tons of oil-gas oil equivalent should be reached, of which, oil 8000-10000 thousands ton, natural gas 5-7 billions m3. In the course of future progress, Northwest Company will clench the great opportunity of oil field progress, consecutively tamp reserves base, sustaining expedite increasing production step, improve manage level entirely, increase independent innovation ability, enterprise and society, environment will develop harmoniously. It will try itself to do for the country’s energy safety, development of Sinopec upstream and local economy construction. It will contribute a lot to the big development strategy of the west.
Address: Sinopec Northwest branch, Northwest Petroleum Scientific Research and Production, Block 466，South Changchun Road Urumqi, Xinjiang
P.C: 830011
Fax: +86 991 6637597
Tel: +86 991 3166579
E-mail: jb.xbsj@sinopec.com
