Per this old news Sinopec started drilling deepest oil and gas wells in
Shaya County of Aksu Prefecture in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The projected depth of the well could reach 10km.
https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/sinopec-starts-the-drilling-of-asias-deepest-oil-and-gas-well-in-tarim-basin-301815952.html<p>Nowadays, there are a number of earthquakes with epicenter located in Aykol, located in approximately 300km from the drilling site. https://database.earth/earthquakes/china/xinjiang/aykol. In 2024 (within 2 months) there were 97 earthquakes in Aykol, Xinjiang, see here https://database.earth/earthquakes/china/xinjiang/aykol<p>Could deep drilling be the reasons of such earthquake activity?