NEWLY IDENTIFIED OILFIELD CHIEN CHIANG CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 1, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION MEMORANDUM
NEWLY IDENTIFIED OILFIELD
CHIEN CHIANG
CHINA
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APRIL 1970
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 NEWLY IDENTIFIED OILFIELD
CHIEN CHIANG, CHINA
A producing oilfield is newly identified 70 nautical
miles (run) west of Wuhan, China (Figure 1). This is the
only known oilfield in southeast China. There is no
refinery identifiable at this field, but refineries at
Nanching and Shanghai are accessible by the Yangtze River.
The oilfield is being developed over a total area of
150 square miles (sq mi) bounded approximately by coordi-
nates 30-33N 112-34E, 30-33N 112-54E, 30-22N 112-54E, and
30-22N 112-34E (Figure 2). It is just east of Changhu
(lake) on the Yangtze flood plain near where the river
leaves the Wushan Mountains.
Forty-two derricks and 46 completed wells and drill
holes are observed in addition to ten vertical storage
tanks and two open reservoirs. No crude oil processing
facilities can be identified. However, a small heat-
processing facility which may be a possible thermal power-
plant is located 30-31-1ON 112-46-OOE near the center of
the oilfield. This possible powerplant consists of one
large gable-roofed building, two small gable-roofed
structures, a single stack, and two operating spray ponds.
Stepout or exploratory wells are observed 4 rim north-
east, 7 rim southeast, 2 nun south, and 25 nm west of the
boundaries of the oilfield. These wells indicate that the
oil pool may be much larger than the area which is presently
under development. The greatest distance between stepout
wells is 47 nm east-west and 19 rim north-south -- a total
area of 893 sq mi.
Housing and support areas are interspersed between
existing communes (Figure 3). A total of 480 barracks-type
housing units, 25 warehouses, five administration build-
ins, two motor pools, open storage areas, a large pipe
storage and preparation yard, vehicle parking areas, a
multiwing hospital, numerous smaller support buildings,
and 18 new buildings under construction are observed. At
least 200 trucks are in the parking areas.
The oilfield is served by road and water. Three small
water transshipment points capable of accommodating small
river craft are located in the northeast portion of the
oilfield on the Han Chiang (river) which connects to Wuhan.
A new east-west road is under construction through the
southern portion of the oilfield and extends from Shashih
to Wuhan, a distance of approximately 95 rim. Shashih,
located 17 mu west of the oilfield, has port facilities on
the Yangtze River. The route between Shashih and Wuhan is
presently usable by means of completed sections of new
road and parallel unimproved road.
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