U.S.S.R., CHINA RENEW OIL COOPERATION

The U.S.S.R. and China have signed agreements providing for renewed cooperation in oil field development following a cutoff in Soviet technical assistance that lasted for 30 years. According to Moscow newspaper Izvestia, the U.S.S.R. will develop two or three Chinese oil fields "on a turnkey basis." Chinese construction workers will help develop two oil fields in the U.S.S.R.'s western Siberian Tyumen Province. The Soviet Union was responsible for exploration and early development of

Dec. 10, 1990

The U.S.S.R. and China have signed agreements providing for renewed cooperation in oil field development following a cutoff in Soviet technical assistance that lasted for 30 years.

According to Moscow newspaper Izvestia, the U.S.S.R. will develop two or three Chinese oil fields "on a turnkey basis."

Chinese construction workers will help develop two oil fields in the U.S.S.R.'s western Siberian Tyumen Province.

SOVIET ROLE AT DAQING

The Soviet Union was responsible for exploration and early development of China's largest oil field, Daqing, which began production in 1960.

That same year, Moscow withdrew all of its petroleum industry technicians from China following serious political and territorial disagreements with Beijing.

Located in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province, Daqing has had oil flow averaging about 1 million b/d since 1976.

Technology used in developing Daqing during its first 10 years was entirely Soviet or eastern European.