中国海油在南海深水区开平南发现重大油田，新增探明石油当量超亿吨。

开平南油田位于南海东部，平均水深约500 m。主要含油层系为古近系珠海组、恩平组和文昌组，石油性质为轻质原油。

KP18-1-1d发现井完钻深度3,462 m，共钻遇油气层100.6 m。该井经测试平均每天生产约 7,680 桶原油和 52 万立方英尺天然气。

通过持续勘探，开平南油田探明地质储量已达1.02亿吨油当量。

“白平南油田是我国第一个探明地质储量超亿吨的深水深油田。”中国海油勘探副总工徐长贵说。 “这一发现充分展现了南海深水勘探的广阔前景，进一步拓展了公司高质量发展的资源基础。”

CNOOC has made a major oilfield discovery in the deepwater area of the South China Sea, Kaiping South, adding over a hundred million tons of oil equivalent proved in-place volume.

The Kaiping South oilfield is located in the eastern South China Sea, with an average water depth of approximately 500 m. The main oil-bearing plays are Zhuhai Formation, Enping Formation and Wenchang Formation of Paleogene, and the oil property is light crude.

The discovery well KP18-1-1d was drilled and completed at a depth of 3,462 m, which encountered a total of 100.6 m oil and gas pay zones. The well was tested to produce an average of approximately 7,680 barrels of crude oil and 0.52 million cu ft of natural gas per day.

Through continued exploration, the proved in-place volume of Kaiping South Oilfield has reached 102 million tons of oil equivalent.

“Kaiping South Oilfield is China’s first deepwater and deep-play oilfield with proved in-place volume over a hundred million tons,” said Xu Changgui, Deputy Chief Exploration Officer, CNOOC. “The discovery fully demonstrates the broad prospects for exploration in deepwater South China Sea and further expands the resource base for the company’s high-quality development.”