皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app seas hold 40b tons of oilgas reserves
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-02-26 10:28

Vice-Minister of Land and Resources Shou Jiahua announced the survey results in Beijing on February 25, saying 皇冠体育app's offshore area had total oilgas reserves equivalent to 21.3 billion to 24.5 billion tons of oil, he said.

The progress made in the survey would help alleviate 皇冠体育app's energy shortage problems, and provide support for the sustainable development of the national economy, he said.

The survey found 38 fields in 皇冠体育app's maritime domain, as well as natural gas hydrate, a new type of high-efficiency energy resource that experts believe may be widely used in the 21st Century, for the first time, said Shou.

皇冠体育app had 421 sites with newly found mineral reserves, with copper ore reserves of 12 million tons, lead-zinc ore reserves of 30 million tons, bauxite reserves of 56 million tons, high-quality manganese ore of 89 million tons, and ferromanganese reserves of 115 million tons, Shou said.

The survey showed 皇冠体育app had groundwater reserves of 923.5 billion cubic meters and 352.7 billion of which can be opened up for use as fresh underground water.

皇冠体育app had invested 4.4 billion yuan (US$530 million) into the five-year survey, involving 15,000 geologists of whom 10 died in the course of their duties, he said.

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