US, China complete firstjoint shale gas evaluation

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Singapore—US and Chinese experts have com-pleted their first joint evaluation of a shale gasbasin onshore China as part of a shale gascooperation pact between the two countries,PetroChina said March 6 on its website.PetroChina, a subsidiary of state-runChina National Petroleum Corporation, andthe country’s National Energy Administrationworked with the US Geological Survey on thestudy of the Liaohe Basin in northeastern Lia-oning province. They mapped and assessedabout 1,380 sq km (532.68 sq miles) of theShanxi and Taiyuan formations in the easternuplift area of the basin.