Shale Oil Development and Utilization and Its Role in Energy Industry

Authors

Xusheng GUO, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing 100728, China State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Accumulation Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 102206, China State Energy Center for Shale Oil Resource and Development, Beijing 102206, China Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 102206, ChinaFollow
Maowen LI, State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Accumulation Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 102206, China State Energy Center for Shale Oil Resource and Development, Beijing 102206, China Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China
Mengyun ZHAO, State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Accumulation Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 102206, China State Energy Center for Shale Oil Resource and Development, Beijing 102206, China Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 102206, ChinaFollow

Keywords

shale oil, energy security, development and utilization, energy system, policy proposal, China

Document Type

Study on China's Energy Development Strategy

Abstract

Shale oil boom in the United States has catapulted it from an importer of crude oil to a net exporter. Field applications show that both the shift in exploration paradigm from finding traps to targeting resource-rich petroleum source kitchens (i.e., "sweet spots") and the technological innovation represented by horizontal well multi-stage fracturing are among the key factors for the large-scale development of shale oil in the United States. Compared with marine shale oils in North America, China's lacustrine shale oil resources have great potential, but the endowment conditions are not optimal. Early exploration and development experience shows that the adaptive technology for lacustrine shale oil needs to be solved urgently. Under the continuous efforts of the petroleum industry and relevant scientific research institutions, China has achieved partial breakthroughs in the shale oil development and utilization, and more efforts are now on the way to make greater strike. Once the production potential and commercial productivity are realized, shale oil revolution will spread in China and change the domestic energy landscape. Several policy suggestions are made on the shale oil development and utilization in China, based on the global trend analysis and a comparative study of the geological and engineering characteristics of shale oils in China and the United States.

First page

38

Last Page

47

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

GUO, Xusheng; LI, Maowen; and ZHAO, Mengyun (2023) "Shale Oil Development and Utilization and Its Role in Energy Industry," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 38 : Iss. 1 , Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20221027001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss1/4