Guizhou Province has shale gas geological resources of 10.48 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 12.79% of China's total, indicating huge resource potential. On the 11th, Bill Goodwin, President of Kentucky-Tennessee Oil & Gas Development Company of the United States, who came to Guiyang to attend the Third International Cooperation Promotion Conference on High-end Equipment Manufacturing and High-tech Industry, expressed his willingness to cooperate on shale gas development in Guizhou.

With the help of the "Overseas Expertise Program" of the China Association for Science and Technology, Guizhou Province introduced a senior American shale gas development team. The team has more than 30 years of shale gas development experience and is willing to carry out all-round cooperation with Guizhou Province in shale gas field exploration, well location determination, risk assessment, economic accounting, patented technology, professional software, horizontal drilling, nitrogen fracturing, environmental protection, development models, and the proceduralization and standardization of the industry. Unlike the hydraulic fracturing method mainly used in shale gas development around the world, after nearly 40 years of shale gas development experience, the United States currently mainly adopts nitrogen fracturing technology. In terms of scientific and technological support, the team has the following internationally leading technical advantages: 1) feasibility analysis and decision-making; 2) horizontal drilling technology; 3) drilling guidance software and patented technology; 4) patented nitrogen fracturing technology; 5) environmental protection measures and proceduralized, standardized development models.

Bill Goodwin said: "At present, no navigation software can be directly applied to shale gas drilling in China. China's shale geological structures have many complex factors such as folds and faults, which are very different from the flat structures in the United States. To develop shale gas in Guizhou, it is necessary to develop technologies and methods suitable for local conditions in Guizhou on the basis of existing technologies. I believe that once the technical difficulties are overcome, this will be an internationally advanced shale gas development method."

At present, through the introduction by the "Overseas Expertise Program," the project team has established direct contact with Tongren City, Guizhou Province, and is advancing multi-faceted cooperation on field exploration, well location determination, risk assessment, economic accounting, application of advanced technologies, and industrial development in the shale gas development of Tongren City. The project team will arrive in Guizhou Province in early July to carry out field investigations and cooperation discussions.