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BEIJING (AFP) - Energy-hungry China has started drilling what it says will be Asia's deepest oil and gas well, state media said Sunday

State-owned Sinopec plans for the Chuanke No. 1 Well in southwest Sichuan province to reach a depth of 8,875 metres (30,000 feet) -- more than the height of        Mount Everest, Xinhua news agency reported.

It will take the company, Asia's largest oil refiner, 676 days and 300 million yuan (39 million dollars) to complete the project, according to Xinhua.

But if the past is any guide, the work could eventually be in vain.

In July 2006, China completed drilling of the 8,408-meter Tashen No. 1 Well, in the Tahe oil field in northwest China's Tarim Basin -- but discovered no gas.

With existing oil fields drying up each year, China has been increasingly keen to find energy and resources both at home and abroad to fuel what has grown into the world's fourth largest economy.

引用來源:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325/bs_afp/chinaenergyoilgas

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後記:
這是一則很有意思的新聞,為了繼續身為全世界第四大經濟體的成長,大陸目前正在開採全亞洲最深的油井,說石油是百業之母,真的一點都不為過,所以只要石油價格有個風吹草動,大家就會開始哇哇叫了