Oil and gas exploration potential and prospect in the Liaohe exploration area

Liaohe oilfield has been explored and developed for over 40 years,the exploration degree of oil and gas resources is over 50%,and exploration difficulty is increasing.This paper systematically summarizes important exploration achievements and understandings during the eleventh five-year plan period in this oilfield,analyzes future exploration potentials in respects of resources and technology,defines future exploration prospects in Liaohe terrestrial buried hill,stratigraphic-lithologic reservoirs,unconventional gas,as well as Liaohe sea area,outskirts,and newly discovered areas,explicitly indicates key targets of oil and gas exploration for the twelfth five-year plan period,and points out a direction of long-term stable development in Liaohe oilfield.