Petroleum in China

Abstract

[A study of the petroleum situation of China is a difficult undertaking, as little is available on the subject that can be taken as the approximate truth; much of what is available from different sources lacks consistency. The present study collects at one place, bits of information that lie scattered in many books on Chinese economy and the numerous petroleum journals and examines their mutual consistency.1 It has not been possible to come to any definitive conclusion in many respects. The present study has raised perhaps as many questions as it has answered but it would be useful to the extent it succeeds in stimulating further investigation.]