Technologcial progress and development directions of PetroChina overseas oil and gas exploration

MU Longxin*,JI Zhifeng

Table 1 Data sheet of evaluation results of global conventional oil and gas resources (revised from References [8, 25]).

Region Discovered reserves Future reserve growth Amount of prospective resources Total/108 t Oil/108 t Gas/1012 m3 Oil/108 t Gas/1012 m3 Oil/108 t Gas/1012 m3 Africa 311 26 114 13 184 17 1055 Middle East 1514 100 288 28 346 38 3356 Central Asia 99 28 34 9 52 23 681 Russia 402 66 114 14 176 47 1750 South America 688 16 79 4 368 14 1416 North America 295 19 86 5 207 25 993 Asia Pacific 214 26 81 18 72 12 819 Europe 143 21 23 5 68 10 525 Total 3666 301 820 96 1474 187 10595