PetroChina's Changqing Oilfield Two Oil Spills in the 3rd

PetroChina's Changqing Oilfield recently there were two oil spills, exposed hidden behind the prosperity of the oil field production reached new highs.

CNPC yesterday issued a press release announced that the Changqing Oilfield in the first quarter production 11,922,900 tons of oil and gas equivalent, another new high record for the period, of which 5.3919 million tons of crude oil, production, or 24.38% of the annual plan, the production of 8.196 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 28.26% of the annual plan of completion of the milestones of the construction of the western Daqing oil marks.

Changqing Oilfield spill of crude oil in Ansai County of Shaanxi and Shanxi in Yijun County, it seems that its 'western Daqing' halo cast a shadow.

Three days after two oil spills

In the morning of April 11, in Ansai County of Shaanxi annihilator Town of annihilator of the Changqing oilfield plant floor operation area, crude oil pipeline rupture accident occurs, resulting in oil spills, followed two days later, on the 13th afternoon(http://www.agile-news.com/). Yijun County, Shaanxi, pipeline rupture accident occurs, resulting in oil spills. Initial investigations show that the accident was caused by contamination of an area of ??400 square meters, leakage of about 17 to 18 tons of crude oil, crude oil outflow to dry ditches about 1 km.

For the cause of the accident, the Changqing Oilfield insiders << First Financial Daily reporter said that the preliminary view that the the Ansai accident was caused due to pipeline aging, the Yijun accident is caused by the improper construction of the local villagers, and all other causes the accident.

According to media reports of Shaanxi Province, a local villager surnamed Wang said the oil spill along the hillside stream to the plains of the hillside, not only the field of contaminated air also has a pungent unpleasant smell, hoping to get a reasonable compensation.

Annual growth rate of 5 million tons of oil and gas production

On the other hand, the Changqing Oilfield great western Daqing high expectations in the oil and gas production hesitant before, for five consecutive years to achieve growth in the rate of annual increase of 5 million tons(Shanghai Station News http://www.agile-news.com/).

Grand plan in accordance with the planning of oil, the Changqing Oilfield in 2013 oil and gas equivalent to 50 million tons, general manager of the Changqing Oilfield Company Ran a new right to the beginning of this year has said that the 2012 is a crucial year of the Changqing Oilfield Construction western Daqing ', with an annual oil equivalent will exceed 45 million tons, with 50 million tons of oil and gas production capacity by the end of the year
In fact, when put into production in the 1980s, the Changqing Oilfield, crude oil less than 200 million tons of annual output in the next ten years, the yield is hovering at around 10 million tons of oil equivalent, 2006, its oil and gas production annual increase rate of 500 tons of rapid growth.

Still relatively high growth often means that the challenges posed by the high-risk, Changqing oil field production by leaps and bounds greater. Changqing Oil Field a few years ago, large and small oil spills, but within three days, two accidents occurred rare.

Changqing Oilfield of high growth is not only a higher demand for their own management level, the interests of the game with local residents. According to local media reports, the Changqing Oilfield Ansai the person in charge of the operation area, the pipeline rupture originally should have eliminated, but has been in use in the pipeline replacement, the local villagers to mention unable to meet the requirements of the aging pipeline.