document: Sinopec â Xibei achieved oil flow in Shunbei 7 in Shuntuoguole North block in the Tarim Basin in early March 2018. The well tested 137 b/d of oil from the Ordovician reservoir. Â   Sinopec spudded Shunbei 7, an ultra-deep exploration well, in the Tarim Basin in April 2017. The well, located in Shunbei 7 fault belt in the Suntuoguole North block, had a PTD of 8,029 m with objective in the Ordovician.   Shunbei 7 reached a TD of 7,900 m on 10 November 2017 with only minor shows encountered.Â Â  The company decided to sidetrack and the well reached a revised TD of 8,121m (TVD 7,863.7 m) in February 2018.   The success of Shunbei 7 indicated further exploration potential in the Shuntuoguole block.     Background Information  In 2015 Sinopec made a discovery of Shunbei in the Shutuoguole North block when Shun Bei 1 tested 45.4 Mscfg/d from an interval between 7,269 and 7,407 m in the Ordovician.   Shunbei field is a marine carbonate field with reservoir buried deeper than 7,300 m. The field could hold geological resources of 8.5 bn bbl of oil and 17.6 Tcf of gas in place.  In 2015 Sinopec made success in Shunbei 1-1H. The well tested 887 b/d of oil and 911 Mcf/d of gas through a 4 mm choke in the Ordovician.   Following success of Shunbei 1-1H, Sinopec planned six development wells, including Shunbei 1-2H/1-3H/1-4H/1-5H/1-6H, and one exploration well Shunbei 2.Â  By mid-2016, all six wells completed and achieved oil flow with a rate of over 700 b/d of oil/per well.   PetroChina reported in 2016 that Shunbei field, a large commercial field, has been confirmed. Sinopec started development of Shunbei 1 in early 2016 and plans to build Shunbei block with production capacity of 30,000 b/d of oil by 2020.   During 2016 Sinopec has put seven producers on stream, with production capacity of 3,700 b/d of oil.   In 2016 Sinopec also drilled another exploration well in the west of Shunbei 1 discovery, Shunbei 5 with a PTD of 7,546 m, in the block and the well tested 1,116 b/d of oil and 268 Mcf/d of gas in late July 2017.  In 2017 PetroChina also tested oil and gas in Shunbei 3 in the field.   In 2017, Sinopec â Xibei spudded a record ultra-deep exploration in the Tarim Basin. Shunbei 9, located in the Suntuoguole North block, has a PTD of 8,593 m with objective in the Ordovician.   In 2018 Sinopec tested oil flow in Shunbei 7, which flowed 137 b/d of oil from the Ordovician Formation. This exploration well is located in in Shunbei 7 fault belt in the Suntuoguole North block.   Sinopec set a field development plan on Shunbei 1 area of the Shunbei field in 2017 that is to build up a 20,000 b/d of oil and 26 MMcf/d of gas production capacity by tapping 470 MMbbl of oil in place in this area by 2020. The plan includes to put 40-60 new wells plus 20 existing wells on stream with single well rate about 330 b/d.   Â 
summary: Sinopec â Xibei achieved oil flow in Shunbei 7 in Shuntuoguole North block in the Tarim Basin in early March 2018. The well tested 137 b/d of oil from the Ordovician reservoir.   