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

• Superior document: Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21
• VerfasserIn: Huahe, Mao,
• TeilnehmendeR: Mao, Yiran, 1960-; Seay, Thomas
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English; Chinese
• Series: Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (383 pages).

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.

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.