The ebb and flow of Chinese petroleum : a story told by a witness

Author/Creator:

Huahe, Mao, author

Publication/Creation:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The ebb and flow of Chinese petroleum : a story told by a witness / by Mao Huahe ; translated by Mao Yiran and Thomas Seay

Series Titles:

Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21
Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21.

Related/Included Titles:

Front Matter -- Copyright page /

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Mao, Yiran, 1960-, translator
Seay, Thomas (Thomas M.), translator

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Huahe, Mao
Petroleum industry and trade--China--History
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--China
Petroleum industry and trade--China--Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Oil fields--China--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Front Matter -- Copyright page / Huahe Mao -- Foreword / Huahe Mao -- A Lingering Sentiment for Chinese Petroleum / Huahe Mao -- Maps / Huahe Mao -- Notes on Author, Translators, and Others / Huahe Mao -- The Yanchang Era (1877–1949): Advanced in Antiquity, Backward in Modern Times / Huahe Mao -- Chinese Advances with Petroleum in Antiquity / Huahe Mao -- The Six Old Oilfields in Modern China: Small Scale and Weak Foundation / Huahe Mao -- China’s First On-Land Oilfield: Yanchang Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- Yumen Oilfield, 1939: China’s First Modern Petroleum Base / Huahe Mao -- The Yumen Era (1950–1959): Laying the Foundation, Setting Petroleum Development Policy / Huahe Mao -- China’s Petroleum Industry Takes Off / Huahe Mao -- Yumen Oilfield: Cradle of the Chinese Petroleum Industry / Huahe Mao -- Pioneering a Great Cause at Qinghai Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- Karamay: New China’s First Big Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- High Hopes for Sichuan Oil and Gas / Huahe Mao -- The Anti-Rightist Movement and Great Leap Forward Harm the Petroleum Industry / Huahe Mao -- The Daqing Era (1960–1969): China No Longer “Poor in Oil” / Huahe Mao -- The Search for Daqing Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- Constructing Daqing Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- “In Industry, Learn from Daqing” Reconsidered (Part One) / Huahe Mao -- “In Industry, Learn From Daqing” Reconsidered (Part Two) / Huahe Mao -- A Scribe—My Petroleum Career / Huahe Mao -- Advancing on the Crest of Victory: Switching the Battleground to Bohai Bay Basin / Huahe Mao -- The Jianghan Era (1970–1979): Against the Current, China Becomes a Big Oil-Producing Country / Huahe Mao -- The Jianghan Oil Campaign: Zhou Enlai’s Moves to Protect the Oil Industry / Huahe Mao -- An Oil Industry Ready to Launch Out in All Directions / Huahe Mao -- The Sudden Rise and Fall of Huabei Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- Diary of the Deputy Executive of Huabei Oilfield / Huahe Mao -- Ten Years of Endeavor, Leading Industry with High Speed / Huahe Mao -- Shengli Era (1980–1989): When the Gods Fight, Mortals Suffer: Rolling a Boulder Uphill / Huahe Mao -- Hua Guofeng Endorses Kang Shi’en’s Proposal of a Dozen Daqings / Huahe Mao -- Hua Guofeng Resigns, and the Oil Industry Faces a Storm / Huahe Mao -- The Oil Industry Reels from Accidents, Scandals, and Vendettas / Huahe Mao -- Rolling a Boulder Uphill / Huahe Mao -- The Debate on Shengli Oilfield’s Second Daqing Plan / Huahe Mao -- Seven Situations and Severe Challenges / Huahe Mao -- The Tarim Era (1990–2000): Bad Decisions Lead to Zero Increase of On-Land Oil Production / Huahe Mao -- Origin of the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao -- Wang Tao Decides: Go All Out in Tarim without Foreign Investment / Huahe Mao -- The State Council Ratifies the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao -- Seven Achievements of the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao -- Falling between Two Stools / Huahe Mao -- Too Much Investment, Too Much Waste, Too Few Results / Huahe Mao -- Overstating Achievements and Experiences / Huahe Mao -- Other Issues Relating to the Tarim Campaign / Huahe Mao -- The Offshore Era (1953–2000): Leading the Reform, Another Daqing Realized / Huahe Mao -- A Dry Duck Trying to Swim: the Difficulties of Offshore Petroleum Exploration / Huahe Mao -- Leading the Reform and Opening-Up / Huahe Mao -- International Cooperation Increases, an Offshore Daqing Emerges / Huahe Mao -- Integrating Internationally, Creating a New Company / Huahe Mao -- Engaging in International Cooperation, Exploring Foreign Oil and Gas Supplies / Huahe Mao -- The Oil Industry in Taiwan / Huahe Mao -- Back Matter -- Epilogue / Huahe Mao -- Index / Huahe Mao.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

For the first time, a work that breaks with the official Chinese government narrative concerning the petroleum industry and provides the true story as personally experienced by the author, Mao Huahe, a thirty-year veteran and executive in the oil industry. Mao witnessed first-hand the breakthrough discovery of the Daqing Oilfield, the behind-the-scenes political machinations and turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and the subsequent reform and opening period, and details the effects these events had upon China’s petroleum industry.

Language:

English
Chinese

Language Note:

In English and Chinese.

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (383 pages).

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937400245702486

ISBN:

9789004402737
900440273X

OCLC Number:

1110150398

Other Identifiers:

DOI: 10.1163/9789004402737