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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 20(2), April   1997, pp. 239-244
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PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF THE TARIM BASIN, NW CHINA: RECENT ADVANCES

Gao Changlin*+ and Ye Deliao*

The Tarim Basin is located in the Xijiang Uygur Autonomous Region of NW China, and covers an area of about 560,000 sq. km. At dawn on September 22nd, 1984, Well Shashen-2 (drilled by a team from the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources) blew out spectacularly when it penetrated Ordovician dolomites at a Previous HitdepthTop of 5,392m. The blow-out marked the discovery of a highly-productive oil- and gasfield, from which daily output has reached 1,000 m3 oil and 2 MM (million) m3 gas.

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