Petroleum Resources of China

摘要

The report analyzes the amounts of crude oil that might ultimately be recoverable from China's onshore and offshore fields, including deposits that have not yet actually been pinpointed. The study aims at assessing, as accurately as possible, the potential limits for both discovered and undiscovered oil resources in China, as well as the rates at which petroleum might feasibly be drawn from them. It is hoped that such information will help U.S. businessmen, industry analysts, and government leaders to appreciate more fully the economic, social, and political implications of public and private energy policies insofar as the potential for production and export of oil by this geographical area affects them. A special appendix presents EIA's year-by-year compilation of Chinese oil production on an area-by-area basis since 1939. Although the tables include a number of estimates, show some overlaps, and are limited by various qualifying notes, they still may comprise the most complete set of such data ever made available to the public.