Jilin oil field is an

oil field A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the prese ...

located in

Songyuan Songyuan ( zh, s=松原 , p=Sōngyuán) is a prefecture-level city in west-central Jilin province, China. History Even though the present city of Songyuan is predominantly modern in appearance, the area has a long history dating back to the N ...

district, in the western plain of

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province,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. Its exploration and development cover the southern

Songliao Plain The Northeast China Plain (), also known as Songliao Plain, Manchurian Plain or Northeast Plain, is located in Northeast China. It lies between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains, ending at the coast at Liaodong Bay in the B ...

and Yitong River basin within Jilin province. Its

oil production Petroleum is a fossil fuel that can be drawn from beneath the Earth's surface. Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae, and sediments in shallow seas under high pressure. Petroleum is mostly recovered from oil d ...

exceeds 7 million tons per year and is ranked as No.9 among the land-based Chinese oilfields."Jilin Oilfield"
, retrieved April 30, 2011. The exploration of Jilin oil field begun in 1955. It has an oil-bearing area of 1384.3 km². It has been proven to have a

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

-bearing area of 118.9 km² with proven gas reserves exceeding 50 billion cubic meters.

References

{{coord missing, Jilin Oil fields in China Geography of Jilin

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