中海油在南海深水开平南油田获得重大轻质原油发现。

中海油表示，该油田平均水深500 m，探明地质储量为102 MMtons。

主要含油层系为古近系珠海组、恩平组和文昌组。KP18-1-1d发现井完钻深度3,462 m，钻遇油气层100.6 m。在试井期间，该工厂平均每天生产 7,680 桶原油和 520,000 立方英尺天然气。 

CNOOC Ltd. scored a major light crude oil discovery with its deepwater Kaiping South Field in the South China Sea.

The field, located in an average water depth of 500 m, holds 102 MMtons of oil equivalent proved in-place volume, CNOOC said.

The main oil-bearing plays are Zhuhai Formation, Enping Formation and Wenchang Formation of Paleogene. The discovery well KP18-1-1d was drilled and completed at a depth of 3,462 m and encountered 100.6 m of oil and gas pay zones. During well testing, it produced an average of 7,680 bbl/d of crude and 520,000 cf/d of gas.