As for January 2017, a total of 368 shale gas wells (excluding parameter drill-holes) have been drilled in Chongqing, and 261 have commenced production. With recent positive news that the production volume of each of the four shale gas exploratory wells at Sinopec’s Southern Pingqiao block of the Nanchuan District has exceeded 200,000 cubic meters per day, Sinopec’s Fuling shale gas field, which is expected to have a planned capacity of 10 billion cubic meters this year, will become the first commercialized drilling of a large-scale shale gas field outside North America.
截至2017年1月，重庆全市共完钻页岩气井368口(不含参数井)，投产261口，近期，随着中国石化南川区平桥南区域内4口页岩气探井测试日产量均超过20万立方米的好消息传来，全球北美以外首个商业化开采的大型页岩气田中国石化涪陵页岩气田有望按照计划在今年建成100亿立方米产能。