New gas find in Bohai Sea to help upgrade energy mix

Massive gas reserves found in the Bohai Sea, the largest discovery in the Bohai Bay Basin in the past 50 years, will further boost China's domestic oil and gas exploration, insiders said.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation has announced the discovery of a natural gas field at the Bozhong 19-6 discovery well in the Bohai oilfield that contains proved geological reserves of 100 billion cubic meters, which will help meet the surging demand for natural gas in northern and eastern China.

As the largest discovery in the Bohai Bay Basin in the past 50 years, the gas could be used by millions of city dwellers for hundreds of years.