This paper provides a brief overview of the prospects for the exploration and development of Chinese crude oil, and presents projection of Chinese crude output over the next decade. Crude production in onshore eastern China is nearing its economically and technologically feasible limit, and will start to decline after 2000, while offshore production will rise moderately and gradually. Only the western region shows very hopeful signs for greatly increased Chinese crude output. Accordingly, it is expected to have the highest rate of production growth. China's crude oil output is projected to plateau at 3.4 million during the early 2000s, compared with 1994's 3.0 million b/d.
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