Jilin oil field is an oil field

Oil field

An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...

 located in Songyuan

Songyuan

Songyuan is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China.-History:Even though the present city of Songyuan is predominantly modern in appearance, the area has a long history dating back to the Neolithic age...

 district, in the western plain of Jilin

Jilin

Jilin , is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west...

 province, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Its exploration and development cover the southern Songliao Plain

Songliao Plain

Songliao Plain is the part of the Northeastern Plain, located in Manchuria, China.-External links:*...

 and Yitong River

Yitong River

The Yitong River is a river in Jilin Province. It is the mother river of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province.-General:The Yitong River starts in Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, flows north through Changchun and Dehui cities, and flows into the Yinma River, one of the branch rivers of the...

 basin within Jilin province. Its oil production

Extraction of petroleum

The extraction of petroleum is the process by which usable petroleum is extracted and removed from the earth.-Locating the oil field:Geologists use seismic surveys to search for geological structures that may form oil reservoirs...

 exceeds 7 million tons per year and is ranked as No.9 among the land-based Chinese oilfields.

The exploration of Jilin oil field begun in 1955. It has an oil-bearing area of 1384.3 km2. It has been proven to have a natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

-bearing area of 118.9 km2 with proven gas reserves exceeding 50 billion cubic meters.