China's exploration and development of multiple mineral resources have achieved new breakthroughs in shale gas | Development | China
CCTV News: Since the beginning of this year, China has made multiple new breakthroughs in the exploration and development of various mineral resources, effectively ensuring national energy and resource security and injecting new vitality into economic development.
In recent days, the surface engineering of Chongqing Qijiang Shale Gas Field has been basically completed, which also marks that this shale gas field with geological reserves exceeding 100 billion cubic meters has an annual gas transmission capacity of 500 million cubic meters.
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At present, China has formed four shale gas exploration and development demonstration bases in Fuling, southern Sichuan, northern Guizhou, and western Hubei. Since 2022, China's recoverable reserves of oil, natural gas, and shale gas have all increased by varying degrees, with year-on-year increases of 3.2%, 3.6%, and 3%. In addition, 17 mineral types including coal, copper, gold, rare earth, zinc, and fluorite have formed a batch of new resource reserves.
With continuous breakthroughs in geological exploration, China's mineral resources are further consolidated. The latest data shows that among the 163 mineral resources with confirmed reserves in China, strategic mineral reserves such as copper, lithium, and cobalt have continued to grow, effectively enhancing China's resource continuity capacity and laying a solid foundation for high-quality economic and social development and resource security.
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