The Fuling shale gas field in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has surpassed one trillion cubic meters in cumulative proven shale gas reserves, according to Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner.
The shale gas field has added around 121.356 billion cubic meters of newly proven reserves, raising the cumulative volume to nearly 1.02 trillion cubic meters.
Shale gas is an unconventional natural gas primarily composed of methane, found in organic-rich mud shale and its interlayers. It is regarded as a clean and innovative energy resource.
Development of the Fuling gas field began in December 2012, with commercial production commencing in March 2014, establishing the field as China's first large-scale shale gas project.
To date, it has produced over 70 billion cubic meters of shale gas, contributing approximately one-third of China's annual shale gas output.
Proven reserves of China's Fuling shale gas field exceeds 1 trln cubic meters
