Daqing Field
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Daqing (formerly called "Taching"[1][2]) complex is the largest oil field in the People's Republic of China (PRC), located between the Songhua river and Nunjiang river in Heilongjiang province.
Discovered in 1959 Wang Jinxi(known as 'Iron man' Wang, who led No. 1205 drilling team}, this field has produced over 10 billion barrels (1.6 km³) of oil since 1960. Daqing contained 16 billion barrels (2.5 km³) or 2.2 billion tons in the beginning; the remaining recoverable reserves are about 3.6 billion barrels (572,000,000 m³) or 500 million tons. The current production rate is about 1 million barrels (160,000 m³) per day, making it the fourth most productive oil field in the world.[citation needed] It is reputed[3] that during the first two decades of the life of the field, as much as 90% of the oil was wasted[citation needed].
When the Chinese government began to use to pinyin Western characters for Romanization, the field's name became known as Daqing.
Daqing Oilfield Company Limited, based in Daqing, is the operator of exploration and development of Daqing Oilfield. From 2004, the company plans to cut its crude oil output by an annual 7% for the next seven years to extend the life of Daqing.[4]
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[edit] Trivia
It is featured as a map in Battlefield 2.
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[edit] References
- ^ China today
- ^ New China's first quarter-century (1975)
- ^ China shakes the World, 2006, Phoenix Books, ISBN 13-978-0-7538-2155-8
- ^ Daqing Oilfield to Slash Output in 2004.
[edit] External links
- Daqing Oilfield Company Limited website
- By Tu Lei. "Daqing turns to green oilfield", 2007-06-10. (English)
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