Shatan 2 was drilled to a TD of 5,838m MD on 31 October 2019 and was suspended for further evaluation in mid-November 2019. The oil and gas exploration well was spudded in June 2019 to drill to an initial PTD of 5,500m but deepened to 5,900m and was targeting the Permian Upper Uhro Formation and Triassic Baikouquan Formation with the objective of further appraising and exploring the oil and gas discovery made by Shatan 1 by PetroChina in December 2018 in the Shamenzi Sag, Junggar Basin. Shatan 2 is in the PetroChina operated Shamenzi Block in the Junggar Basin. 
Shatan (Ju) 1 nfw. (PetroChina â Xinjiang 100%) in Shamenzi Block, an important breakthrough, tested 119 bo/d and 0,22 MMcfg/d through a 6mm choke commercial oil flow from the Carboniferous Tailegula Fm. There are several oil fields found in this area, which has main reservoir in the Tertiary, Jurassic and Permian. A few wells penetrated Carboniferous reservoir, but no commercial oil has been achieved. 