Sinopec Exploration Company (legal name: 中国石油化工股份有限公司勘探分公司), formerly known as Sinopec Exploration Southern Branch until 2014, is the sole professional oil and gas exploration subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). Headquartered in Chengdu, it specializes in high-risk exploration in unproven areas, primarily across southern China, including Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Tibet, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan, Hubei, and Guangxi provinces. Its portfolio covers 29 exploration blocks spanning 115,800 square kilometers, targeting an estimated 12.35 trillion cubic meters of natural gas resources.
With nearly 500 employees, predominantly management and technical experts (80% holding mid-to-senior titles), the company focuses on commercial discoveries of large and medium-sized oil and gas fields. It employs a three-tier strategy—strategic deployment, breakthroughs, and preparation—supported by innovations in theory, technology, management, and institutions. Key achievements include discovering six major gas fields, such as Puguang, Yuanba, and Fuling shale gas fields, plus breakthroughs in western Sichuan marine facies and southeastern Sichuan shale gas. These efforts have advanced Sinopec's natural gas development.
The company has earned three National Science and Technology Progress Awards (first prize) and 83 provincial/ministerial honors, establishing internationally leading theories and technologies for southern China's marine carbonate and shale oil/gas exploration. It emphasizes green, low-carbon practices and safety in ultra-deep, high-pressure, high-sulfur reservoirs.
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勘探分公司 and 勘探南方分公司.
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