China has discovered a 100-million-tonne shale oil reserve in its Chongqing Municipality, as a testing on Thursday showed that its high-yield shale oil and gas flow can reach a daily production of 38.64 cubic meters of shale oil and 10,000 cubic meters of natural gas. The test was carried out at the newly built Qiluye-1 oil well, which is located more than 2,000 meters underground in southwestern China's Sichuan Basin.
"The Qiluye-1 oil well boasts shallow burial depth of shale oil and high-quality crude, thus having relatively great economic potential for development. This breakthrough has basically confirmed that we had obtained what we have expected for a large-scale integrated shale oil reserve of more than 100 million tonnes," said Wang Liangjun, a representative of Sinopec Exploration Company.
Shale oil is an unconventional oil resource found in shale formations and has broad prospect for exploration.
China confirms discovering 100-mln-tonne shale oil reserve
China confirms discovering 100-mln-tonne shale oil reserve
The Iranian armed forces and people have vowed to fight with all their strength in the "battle for survival" against U.S. and Israeli aggression, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Baghaei called on the international community to curb the crimes being committed by the United States and Israel in the Middle East. He said this war was not a voluntary choice for Iran, but was imposed on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, and that Iran will continue to fight for its survival and dignity.
"Over the past year and a half, we have heard a great deal of deceptive information. But now it is time to fight and defend our country, and anything that attempts to distract us or lead us astray will be rejected. Deception has always been part of our enemy’s modus operandi. Our armed forces have sworn an oath, and the Iranian people have pledged to give their all (to win this war)," he said.
The U.S. and Israel have launched sustained airstrikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and surrounding areas over the last few days. The attacks have affected the Bandar Abbas International Airport and the city’s seaports.
Other port cities in southern Iran, including Jask and Chabahar, have also been attacked, and ferries traveling from southern Iran to neighboring countries have been suspended indefinitely.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meanwhile, released details on Tuesday of its 15th round of missile attacks on key locations within the U.S. military base in Bahrain. The IRGC said the attacks has destroyed the U.S. air command and control center, aircraft refueling tanks, and residences of senior U.S. military commanders.
Iranian armed forces, people will fight with all their strength: FM spokesman
