Chinese geologists identify new major oil, gas resources

摘要

Sydney-Chinese geologists have detected "super-thick" oil and gas-bearing strata in the northern part of the South China Sea and identified 38 offshore oil and gas basins, a senior official said January 15, according to a report in the official China Daily. The outskirts of Songliao Basin in northeastern China, Yin'e Basin in the north and Qiangtang Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - have also been found to be rich in oil and gas resources, Wang Min, vice minister of land and resources, told a national conference in Beijing.