Sunday, December 28, 2008

China to produce 189 mln tonnes of crude oil this year









China is forecast to produce 189 million tonnes of crude oil in 2008, a growth of 1.61 percent over the 186 million tonnes last year





Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2008 shows the plant of Shanxi Lu'an Group in Tunliu county, north China's Shanxi Province.China is forecast to produce 189 million tonnes of crude oil in 2008, a growth of 1.61 percent over the 186 million tonnes last year. (Chinese media/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- China is forecast to

produce 189 million tonnes of crude oil in 2008, a growth of 1.61 percent over

the 186 million tonnes last year, according to a recent report released by the

nation's leading oil producer, PetroChina.

The production would rank the nation fifth among all

the oil producing countries around the world.

The report said China had verified oil deposits of

20.7 billion tonnes over the past 30 years.

In the three decades, Daqing Oilfield in northeastern

China pumped out 1.576 billion tonnes of crude oil, or more than 40 percent of

China's total onshore crude output for the period. It kept annual crude oil

output at more than 50 million tonnes for 27consecutive years.

Shengli Oilfield on the eastern coast produced 805

million tonnes of crude in the 30 years, or more than 20 percent of the onshore

crude output nationwide for the period. In 2007, it continued to maintain annual

crude production at 27.7 million tonnes.

The report said China's annual natural gas output

increased from 13.9 billion cubic meters in 1978 to 69.8 billion cu m in 2007.

This year the production would reach 76 billion cu m, the report predicted.

A total of 5.7 trillion cu m of natural gas deposits

were verified in the 30 years, the report added.

In recent three years, China's natural gas output

kept increasing at an annual pace of more than 17 percent on average, much

higher than the world average of four percent.

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