In the PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield area, photovoltaic panels and derricks, pumping units, etc. spread out and stand upright among the mountains, which is very spectacular. New energy from above the earth's surface is cleverly embedded into the production process of traditional energy sources such as oil and gas, allowing oil production stations to integrate and develop with "zero carbon".

　　Qinghai Oilfield is the main gas source for the three provinces (regions) of Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet in western China. The main production area of ​​the oilfield is located in the Gobi Desert of the Qaidam Basin. It is the highest oil and gas field in the world and one of the earliest oil fields developed in China.

　　Wei Wenyong, director of the Quality, Safety and Environmental Protection Office of the Fifth Oil Production Plant of Qinghai Oilfield Branch of China National Petroleum Corporation, said frankly that the test data of the projects currently built in the low-carbon demonstration zone of Qinghai Oilfield show that in crude oil extraction, by replacing fossil energy with clean energy, the average daily It saves 657 kilowatt hours of electricity and 720 cubic meters of natural gas per day, which can replace 40% of electricity consumption.

　　The so-called "zero-carbon crude oil" refers to making full use of wind, solar power generation, solar thermal and other systems in the crude oil mining process, replacing all fossil energy in the mining process with clean energy, and achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions in the crude oil mining process.

　　Wei Wenyong introduced that in the long-term plan, Qinghai Oilfield’s fifth oil production plant will carry out measures such as optimizing energy conservation, replacing single-well gas heating furnaces, building new distributed photovoltaic systems, and utilizing produced water waste heat. It is expected that by the end of 2028, 6.3 million cubic meters of natural gas will be saved annually, 16.65 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity will be produced annually, 7.12 million kilowatt-hours of electricity will be saved annually, and 29,600 tons of carbon emissions will be reduced annually. By then, the first green zero-carbon oil production plant on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be built.

　　Reported by Liu Yang and Jin Hao from Mangya, Qinghai

Editor in charge: [He Sanli]