Examines the political and conceptual metamorphosis of China's oil industry from self-reliance to internationalization. Japan's role in stimulating the development of the China's oil industry will also be highlighted as the Japanese government and its business sectors emerged as a supplier of...

Foreword: A lingering sentiment for Chinese petroleum -- Chinese advances with petroleum in antiquity -- The six old oilfields in modern China : small scale and weak foundation -- China's first on-land oilfield : Yanchang Oilfield -- Yumen Oilfield, 1939 : China's first modern petroleum base --...

Peak oil, climate change, and China -- China and the capitalist world system -- Energy and the economy -- Peak oil -- Peak energy and the limits to global economic growth -- Peak energy and the limits to China's economic growth -- The crisis of the Chinese capitalism -- China and climate change...

Requirement and Present Situation of the Oil and Gas Resources in China -- Main Fields of Oil and Gas Exploration and Problems -- Prediction of Development Objectives in Scientific Field on Oil and Gas Resource in the Future -- Primary Scientific Research Orientations in Terms of Oil and Gas...

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...