Abu Dhabi:Xinjiang: China's largest desert oil field has produced more than 26 million tonnes of oil and gas from reservoirs located over 6,000 meters underground.

According to Emirates News Agency, the output was recorded at the Hade-Fuman oil field on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Recently, oil workers successfully retrieved core samples from a depth of 8,080 meters at the Zhentan-1 well, marking the first time China has retrieved a core from more than 8,000 meters in the northwestern Tarim Basin.

These core samples, which had been underground for approximately 500 million years, are providing valuable geological data for the exploration of ultra-deep oil and gas resources. Xu Yanan, director of the project department of CNPC Tarim Oilfield Branch, noted that the rocks allow for analysis and evaluation of oil and gas generative capacity, reservoir thickness, and maturity level at depths below 8,000 meters.

The Tarim Oilfield has accelerated the development of ultra-deep oil and gas resources in the Taklimakan Desert. To date, 485 ultra-deep wells have been drilled at the Hade-Fuman oil field, with 133 wells each producing over 100,000 tonnes of oil and gas, and 464 wells each producing over 10,000 tonnes.

This development has established the Hade-Fuman oil field as China's largest desert oil field and a key base for ultra-deep oil and gas production. Engineer Lu Zhongyuan of CNPC Tarim Oilfield Branch reported that 20.36 million tonnes of crude oil and 8.15 billion cubic meters of natural gas have been extracted from the ultra-deep strata of the Taklamakan Desert. The total oil and gas equivalent surpasses 26.86 million tonnes, turning the vast desert area into a hotspot for exploration and development.

The Tarim Basin is identified as a significant potential source for growth in China's oil and gas reserves and production, with proven reserves exceeding 5 billion tonnes, more than half of which are found in ultra-deep formations.