Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS December 15, 1997

12/10/97, Asia Pulse Pte Ltd

"A large natural gas field estimated at 30 billion cubic metres has been discovered in the Uygur Autonomous Region."

A large natural gas field containing geological reserves estimated at 30 billion cubic metres has been discovered in the Hutubi region at the northern foot of northwest China's Tianshan Mountains. The gas field, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is about 60 kilometers from Urumqi, the regional capital, south of the Tianshan Mountains and north of the Junggar Basin. In August of 1996 one testing well promised a daily output of 780,000 cubic meters of natural gas and 140,000 tons of light oil.