Sino Gas & Energy Starts New Drilling Operations in Ordos Basin

Sino Gas & Energy Holdings has started significant new drilling for coal seam gas at its Production Sharing Contracts in China's Ordos Basin. 

“This is a very exciting period for Sino Gas as we move forward with our strategic partner MIE Holdings Corporation (MIE) to advance the development of the PSC blocks and fully explore the significant resource potential. Having already brought forward part of the 2013 seismic program into Q4, the strategic partners are focused on completing the drilling of the 17 well program across both PSCs,” Sino Gas’ Managing Director and CEO, Robert Bearden said. He added that drilling programs running concurrently across all our PSC areas.

Sino Gas has also spudded the first well of the planned two well program on Linxing West. That well will be drilled to a total depth of 2200 metres and targets increasing existing production capacity ahead of planned pilot programs in 2013.