Sinopec has announced the start of natural gas production at a new field in Southern China’s Sichuan province. The West Sichuan Gas Field project marks Sinopec’s third gas field with more than 100 billion cubic meters (bcm) in reserves.

The West Sichuan Gas Field project has an annual production capacity of 2 billion cubic meters (bcm) and is estimated to produce 130,000 metric tons of sulfur per year.

According to the company’s statement released on Tuesday, Sinopec currently has proven natural gas reserves of nearly 3 trillion cubic meters in the Sichuan Basin, with an annual output of 26bcm.