Exploration in Dabancheng, Xinjiang, discovered 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

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11/11/2025
Recently, the Geological Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region announced that the oil and gas battle project in the Dabancheng area of Urumqi has made a breakthrough in exploration, with a preliminary assessment of natural gas geological reserves exceeding 200 billion cubic meters, with the potential to form a large oil and gas field. It is understood that the oil and gas battle project in the Dabancheng area of Urumqi includes 7 blocks including Yongfeng North and South blocks. In recent years, Xinjiang has accelerated the exploration of oil and gas in the Dabancheng area, deploying a total of 15 exploration wells, with 11 already completed drilling.