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recovery potential within the license commissioned, including 33 cold recov- LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
in the Main Dolomite as well as in the ery wells, 24 thermal recovery wells, 21 (LNG)
deeper Rotliegend formation. With these water injection wells, and 1 water source
opportunities included, the Wolin license well. Peak production is expected to Middle East to overtake Asia in gas out-
is estimated to contain a total of more reach approximately 19,400 barrels of put in 2025, becoming second-largest
than 400 mmboe of recoverable hydro- oil equivalent per day in 2026. The oil region globally
carbon resources. property is heavy crude. The Middle East is on track to surpass
As estimated above, the oil and gas Kenli 10-2 is the first lithological oilfield Asia and become the world’s sec-
resources in Wolin East constitute the with a proved in-place volume of 100 ond-largest gas producer in 2025, rank-
largest conventional hydrocarbon field million tons discovered in the shallow ing only behind North America, accord-
yet discovered in Poland, and one of depression zone of the Bohai Bay Basin. ing to research and analysis from Rystad
the largest conventional oil discoveries It is being developed in two phases Energy. Gas production in the Middle
in Europe in the past decade. under a strategy of “exploration and East has grown by about 15% since
development integration, regional coor- 2020, and the region’s projected future
CNOOC Limited brings Kenli 10-2 Oil- dination, and phased implementation”. growth underscores the determination
fields Development Project on stream CNOOC Limited has adopted an inno- of regional producers to monetise gas
On July 22, CNOOC Limited announced vative combined development approach reserves and develop export potential in
the start of production for Phase I of the of “conventional water injection, steam order to meet global demand.
Kenli 10-2 Oilfields Development Project, huff and puff, and steam flooding”, pro- The region currently produces approx-
marking the launch of the largest shallow viding strong technical support for the imately 70 billion cubic feet per day
lithological oilfield offshore China. efficient utilisation of oil reserves. The (Bcf/d) of gas, a figure forecast to
The project is located in the southern project's platform integrates both con- increase by 30% by 2030 and 34% by
Bohai Sea, with an average water depth ventional cold production and thermal 2035 thanks to significant developments
of approximately 20 meters. The main recovery systems and is equipped with in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, Oman, and
production facilities include a new cen- over 240 sets of key equipment. It is one the UAE. By 2030, the region will add
tral platform and 2 wellhead platforms, of the most complex production plat- another 20 Bcf/d to its production,
which leverage the adjacent existing forms in the Bohai region and the first equivalent to half of Europe’s entire gas
facilities for development. A total of 79 large-scale thermal recovery platform demand as of today.
development wells are planned to be for heavy oil in the southern Bohai Sea. A significant portion of this expansion

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