The Ebb and Flow of Chinese Petroleum : A Story Told by a Witness.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- A Lingering Sentiment for Chinese Petroleum -- Notes on Author, Translators, and Others -- Part 1 The Yanchang Era (1877-1949): Advanced in Antiquity, Backward in Modern Times -- Chapter 1 Chinese Advances with Petroleum in Antiquity -- Chapter 2 The Six Old Oilfields in Modern China: Small Scale and Weak Foundation -- Chapter 3 China's First On-Land Oilfield: Yanchang Oilfield -- Chapter 4 Yumen Oilfield, 1939: China's First Modern Petroleum Base -- Part 2 The Yumen Era (1950-1959): Laying the Foundation, Setting Petroleum Development Policy -- Chapter 5 China's Petroleum Industry Takes Off1 -- Chapter 6 Yumen Oilfield: Cradle of the Chinese Petroleum Industry -- Chapter 7 Pioneering a Great Cause at Qinghai Oilfield -- Chapter 8 Karamay: New China's First Big Oilfield -- Chapter 9 High Hopes for Sichuan Oil and Gas -- Chapter 10 The Anti-Rightist Movement and Great Leap Forward Harm the Petroleum Industry -- Part 3 The Daqing Era (1960-1969): China No Longer "Poor in Oil" -- Chapter 11 The Search for Daqing Oilfield -- Chapter 12 Constructing Daqing Oilfield -- Chapter 13 "In Industry, Learn from Daqing" Reconsidered (Part One) -- Chapter 14 "In Industry, Learn From Daqing" Reconsidered (Part Two) -- Chapter 15 A Scribe-My Petroleum Career -- Chapter 16 Advancing on the Crest of Victory: Switching the Battleground to Bohai Bay Basin -- Part 4 The Jianghan Era (1970-1979): Against the Current, China Becomes a Big Oil-Producing Country -- Chapter 17 The Jianghan Oil Campaign: Zhou Enlai's Moves to Protect the Oil Industry -- Chapter 18 An Oil Industry Ready to Launch Out in All Directions -- Chapter 19 The Sudden Rise and Fall of Huabei Oilfield -- Chapter 20 Diary of the Deputy Executive of Huabei Oilfield -- Chapter 21 Ten Years of Endeavor, Leading Industry with High Speed.

Part 5 Shengli Era (1980-1989): When the Gods Fight, Mortals Suffer: Rolling a Boulder Uphill -- Chapter 22 Hua Guofeng Endorses Kang Shi'en's Proposal of a Dozen Daqings -- Chapter 23 Hua Guofeng Resigns, and the Oil Industry Faces a Storm -- Chapter 24 The Oil Industry Reels from Accidents, Scandals, and Vendettas -- Chapter 25 Rolling a Boulder Uphill -- Chapter 26 The Debate on Shengli Oilfield's Second Daqing Plan -- Chapter 27 Seven Situations and Severe Challenges -- Part 6 The Tarim Era (1990-2000): Bad Decisions Lead to Zero Increase of On-Land Oil Production -- Chapter 28 Origin of the Tarim Oil Campaign -- Chapter 29 Wang Tao Decides: Go All Out in Tarim without Foreign Investment -- Chapter 30 The State Council Ratifies the Tarim Oil Campaign -- Chapter 31 Seven Achievements of the Tarim Oil Campaign -- Chapter 32 Falling between Two Stools -- Chapter 33 Too Much Investment, Too Much Waste, Too Few Results -- Chapter 34 Overstating Achievements and Experiences -- Chapter 35 Other Issues Relating to the Tarim Campaign -- Part 7 The Offshore Era (1953-2000): Leading the Reform, Another Daqing Realized -- Chapter 36 A Dry Duck Trying to Swim: the Difficulties of Offshore Petroleum Exploration -- Chapter 37 Leading the Reform and Opening-Up -- Chapter 38 International Cooperation Increases, an Offshore Daqing Emerges -- Chapter 39 Integrating Internationally, Creating a New Company -- Chapter 40 Engaging in International Cooperation, Exploring Foreign Oil and Gas Supplies -- Chapter 41 The Oil Industry in Taiwan -- Epilogue -- Index.

In The Ebb and Flow of Chinese Petroleum, the author Huahe Mao breaks with the official government narrative concerning the Chinese petroleum industry and provides the true story as he personally experienced it.

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