On Wednesday, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) announced the discovery of a new crude and gas field in the Tarim Basin, Shunbei, Xinjiang.
The total capacity that has been discovered was 100 million tonnes of oil and gas.
An exploration well drilled a daily flow of 865 tonnes (6,315 barrels) of crude oil and 590,000 m3 of natural gas.