Tarim Basin Fields

Overview

China (Xinjiang). Multiple fields including Tahe, Lunnan. Combined ~250,000+ bpd. Ultra-deep drilling (7,000m+). PetroChina.

Geopolitical context

Located in Xinjiang, where China has concentrated strategic energy infrastructure alongside its security operations. The West-East Gas Pipeline also originates here. Beijing views Xinjiang's energy resources as critical to national development, adding an economic dimension to the region's complex security and demographic politics. The basin also receives Central Asian pipeline gas and Kazakh oil, making Xinjiang China's energy gateway to the west.

Nearby

• Central Asia–China Gas Pipeline Gas pipeline · ~423 km
• Kazakhstan–China Oil Pipeline Oil pipeline · ~1305 km
• Galkynysh Gas Field Production site · ~1841 km
• Galkynysh (formerly South Yolotan) Gas field · ~1857 km
• Changqing Oil field · ~2263 km
• Jamnagar Refinery Refinery · ~2369 km