Is there oil in northern Shaanxi?

There is oil in northern Shaanxi.

Northern Shaanxi is Yulin City and Yan'an City. Large-scale delta sedimentary bodies develop in northern Shaanxi, and the reservoirs are mainly delta distributary channels and mouth bar deposits. This reservoir forms a relatively high permeability zone due to the dissolution of secondary turbidite on a low permeability background. The formed delta reservoir has the characteristics of widespread oil shows, multiple industrial production layers, and rich oil and gas resources, and has the material basis for the formation of large oil fields.

There are two oilfield units in Yan'an, Yanchang Oilfield and Changqing Oilfield. The former has been exploited for more than 100 years. The oil is distributed in Yan'an Pagoda District, Yanchang County, Wuqi County, Zhidan County, Yulin Jingbian County and Luochuan County by Yanchang Petroleum Refining and Chemical Company.

Yulin’s oil reserves are 1 billion tons. Yulin, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, is located in the northernmost part of Shaanxi, the northern Shaanxi area and the Hetao area, at the junction of the Loess Plateau and Mu Us Sandy Land. It is the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. It faces the Yellow River in the east and Shanxi Province across the river. .

Uses of petroleum

Petroleum, one of the main objects of geological exploration, is a viscous, dark brown liquid, known as the "blood of industry". Petroleum is mainly used as fuel and gasoline. Fuel oil and gasoline constituted one of the most important secondary energy sources in the world in 2012. Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical industry products such as solvents, fertilizers, pesticides and plastics.

88% of the oil extracted in 2012 was used as fuel, and the other 12% was used as raw material for the chemical industry. In fact, oil is a non-renewable raw material. The world's ocean area is 360 million square kilometers, which is about 2.4 times that of land. The continental shelf and continental slope are about 55 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to the total area of ??terrestrial sedimentary basins.

One-quarter of the earth’s proven oil resources and 45% of the ultimate recoverable reserves are buried under the sea. The center of gravity of the world's proven oil reserves will gradually shift from land to ocean.