China — Oil Reserves Discovered



T/I: 10:48:08
Chinese geologists have discovered huge oil reserves in the remote
prefecture of Aksu in Xinjiang province. The size of France, they
will solve the country's energy problems and provide relief well
into the next century. The Tarim Basin, of which Aksu province
forms an important section, is situated at the edge of the
Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China. It is being described as the
future North Sea of Central Asia. At 560,000 square kilometres,
the Tarim Basin contains one of the few huge oil reserves yet to
be exploited.
SHOWS:
NORWESTERN XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, RECENT
PAN across ruins of Quici State, ancient city of Tangwang (on the
famous Silk Road in the Aksu Prefecture of the Tarim Basin)
Horse-drawn carriage driven past by tribes people
Oil rig in background with trucks moving past
MS of oil fields
Fires burning off oil in desert
Men working on oil rig
Chinese flag flying next to rig
Pipes carrying crude oil to storage tanks
Truck being loaded with crude oil
Truck moving out loaded with crude oil
Exterior of pumping station
Interior of pumping station
Interview with Liang di Gang, Chief Geologist of the Tarim
Petroleum Exploration Bureau in Kurle, southern Xinjiang Province
about 500 kilometres from Urumqi, SOT:«I think Tarim is the great
hope of Chinese oil industry.»
Man rides past on bicycle
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