Sino Gas & Energy starts gas sales from Ordos Basin wells in China

Sino Gas & Energy has started gas sales from the Sanjiaobei and Linxing blocks, in the Ordos Basin, Shanxi Province, China.

The company started gas production from both Linxing and Sanjiaobei wells via the Sanjiaobei central gathering station.

The initial constrained production has begun at around 3.5 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) per day from a pool of 16 wells.

The production is proposed to be increased to 8 MMscf/day in 2015.

The Linxing central gathering station is expected to be commissioned in mid-2015 with a capacity of about 17 MMscf/day, bringing the entire capacity to approximately 25 MMscf/day.

Sino Gas has signed arrangements with Lin County Jiahao New Energy for the sale and purchase of gas from the Linxing and Sanjiaobei blocks. It will be distributed through the Yulin-Jinan regional pipeline.

Sino Gas CEO Glenn Corrie said: "Achieving first gas from our Ordos Basin assets is a significant milestone and today represents a very positive inflection point in Sino’s future as we transition into a full-cycle E&P company, supplying low-cost gas to China’s rapidly growing domestic market.

"Our focus can now turn to maximising production from the existing facilities and advancing the build-out of additional capacity."

Australian energy firm Sino Gas is focused on developing Chinese unconventional gas assets.

Sino Gas owns a 49% stake in Sino Gas & Energy (SGE) via a partnership completed with MIE Holdings in July 2012.

SGE operates the Linxing and Sanjiaobei production sharing contracts (PSCs), which cover an area of about 3,000km².

Image: Facilities commissioned at the Sanjiaobei central gathering station. Photo: Courtesy of Sino Gas & Energy.