Abstract:

China is one of the pioneering countries in discovering and using oil andgas.The first gas field(Ziliujing gas field)in the world,for example,was developed in China.In the Western Zhou Dynasty of our country(from the 11th century B.C.to the 771 B.C.),oil and gas seepage——“firein swamp”was discovered.In ancient China,oil was called“oil in firewell”,“well-oil”,“fire oil”,“surphur oil”,“realgar oil”,“fierce-fire oil”,“naphtha”,“mud oil”,“crude oil”,“earth wax”,“stone lacquer”,“oil-water”,“paraffin”etc.;and gas was called“fire in well”,“well-fire”,“coal gas”,“fire dragon”,“fire spring”etc.Historic literature indicates that a lot of oil and gas shows weredistributed in 23 provinces,municipalities and autonomous regions of thepresent administrative division:1.Beijing,2.Shanghai,3.Tianjin,4.Sha-anxi,5.Sichuan,6.Hebei,7.Shanxi,8.Shandong,9.Anhui,10.Zhejiang,11.Jiangxi,12.Fujian,13.Taiwan,14.Guangdong,15.Guangxi,16.Hunan,17.Hubei,18.Henan,19.Yunnan,20.Xinjiang,21.Gansu,22.Liaoning,and 23.Heilongjiang.