The Ministry of Natural Resources announced the results of China's ten years of ore prospecting

On February 25, the press conference held by the Ministry of Natural Resources on the achievements of the exploration breakthrough strategic action for ten years learned that since the State Council approved the implementation of the exploration breakthrough strategic action in 2011, while the mining consumption continues to increase, the amount of major mineral resources retained has generally increased.Of these, the new oil and natural gas resources were 10.1 billion tons and 6.85 trillion cubic meters respectively, accounting for about 25 percent and 45 percent of the total discovered since the founding of the People's Republic of China. 17 oil fields and 21 gas fields of 100 billion tons and 100 billion cubic meters were discovered.Meanwhile, the reserves increased by 1.2 billion tons of manganese, 18.74 million tons of molybdenum and 6.12 million tons of tungsten.

Important progress and breakthrough have been made in ore prospecting

Conference, department of natural resources, director-general of the department of geological exploration hai-feng yu introduced, mineral oil and gas, oil, natural gas decade new resource of 10.1 billion tons, 6.85 trillion cubic meters respectively, about 45% since the founding of new China found that 25% of the total, and found the lake, celebrates the city, etc. 17 YiDunJi large fields and an yue, grades and 21 billions of cubic meters of water in a large field.Great progress has been made in shale gas exploration and development, with the annual output of the southern Sichuan gas field reaching 11.7 billion cubic meters and the Fuling gas field 6.7 billion cubic meters.A CBM field of 100 billion cubic meters has been found in Qinshui.

The mineral, oil and gas hai-feng yu said, crystalline graphite decade new resource of 336 million tons, accounting for about since the founding of the people find out (hereinafter referred to as the "total") 65% of the total, 8085 tons of gold, accounts for about 50% of the total, 137 million tons of lead and zinc, bauxite, 1.8 billion tons, 523 million tons of potash, accounts for about 35% of the total, 526.8 billion tons of coal, 37.11 million tons of copper, nickel 3.49 million tons, 90.62 million tons of fluorite, accounts for about 25% of the total, the newly formed 32 mineral resource base.Many sandstone-type uranium deposits have been discovered.Guizhou Tongren added 700 million tons of manganese resources;Xizang Duolong added 18.37 million tons of copper resources, making it the first 10 million ton copper mine in China.Zhuxi and Dahutang in Jiangxi Province have increased tungsten resources by 3.63 million tons and 840,000 tons respectively, ranking the top two large tungsten deposits in the world.Jiaodong gold mine has accumulated more than 4,600 tons of new resources in deep prospecting, ranking the third largest gold deposit area in the world.Three crystalline graphite resource bases, two lithium resource bases and one fluorite resource base were newly discovered.The amount of diatomite resources increased by 77.2 million tons.

The focus of mineral resources exploration and exploitation was shifted to the west and expanded to the sea

According to Yu, 62 percent and 34 percent of China's new oil and gas reserves and 84 percent of China's total oil production in western China account for 85 percent and 84 percent of the country's total oil and natural gas reserves, of which Ordos has nearly 7 billion tons of oil and more than 5 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.Oil fields of 100 million tons and gas fields of 400 billion cubic meters have been discovered in offshore areas. By 2020, oil and gas production in offshore areas will account for about a quarter of China's output."Of the 32 new non-oil and gas mineral resource bases in China, 25 are in the west, accounting for 78 per cent of the country's total," Mr Yu said.The new copper resources in western China account for 70 percent of the total, and the new lead-zinc resources in western China account for 83 percent of the total. The breakthrough in prospecting in western China provides the resource base and industrial support for poverty alleviation and economic development in western China."

A number of new resources have been added in mine prospecting

"Breakthroughs have been made in the exploration of the deep and edges of old mines. The newly added resources of 87 old mines have reached the size of large and medium-sized deposits, and the service life of 755 productive mines has been extended to varying degrees, with an average of 16.8 years of mining life extended."Yu Haifeng introduced that the consolidation of 50 old energy and resource bases, a number of crisis mines revitalized, stable employment of more than 200,000 workers, for the resource-based city transformation development to buy time.

The level of basic geological survey was improved

According to the data, the coverage rate of 1:50,000 regional geological survey in China reached 44.5%, the work level of key metallogenic areas reached 62.5%, and the major ore-prospecting prospect areas basically achieved full coverage.More than 3600 prospecting target areas have been delineated to provide basis for the optimization of subsequent commercial exploration blocks.Major discoveries of shale oil and gas have been made in Guizhou and Yunnan, Hubei in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Anhui in the lower reaches, Yu said."China's first dry-hot rock reservoir construction project has been successfully implemented in Gonghe Basin, Qinghai Province, and now the power generation test is being prepared."

Our capacity for scientific and technological innovation was strengthened

In terms of scientific and technological innovation ability, it has achieved scientific research achievements such as "Major Breakthrough in Geological Theory Innovation and Prospecting of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", and won the National Special Award for Scientific and Technological Progress.The "trinity" prospecting prediction theory and deep prospecting prediction technology in solid mineral exploration area can effectively improve the success rate of prospecting.

Two rounds of natural gas hydrate test production were successfully completed, with "exploratory test production" and "experimental test production" completed.A series of technological innovations, such as the development of long horizontal and small well spacing, have strongly supported oil and gas exploration and development.Breakthroughs in borehole, surface and airborne geophysical exploration equipment and systems have improved the depth and accuracy of exploration.

The level of conservation and comprehensive utilization of mineral resources has improved

"Adhere to the basic state policy of resource conservation and environmental protection, and establish and improve technical standards for the rational use of mineral resources."Yu Haifeng introduced, the release of 88 coal, iron and other minerals "three rate" index requirements, the selection and promotion of 360 advanced applicable mining technology, process and equipment.The average oil recovery rate increased by 9 percentage points, the average solid mineral recovery rate increased by 8 percentage points and the average mineral processing recovery rate increased by 9.5 percentage points.