Gaoqiao, Kai County
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Gaoqiao (Template:Zh) is a town located in a valley in Kai County, in the northeast of Chongqing municipality in Southwest China. Central Chongqing lies Script error: No such module "convert". to the southwest.
On 23 December 2003 at 21:15, a gas well burst and released highly toxic hydrogen sulfide. According to China Daily, 243 people died and at least 9,000 were injured.
The well was called “Script error: No such module "Lang".” and belonged to PetroChina's Southwest Oil and Gas Field Branch (Script error: No such module "Lang".). It was located in the Chuandongbei gas field (Template:Zh) in Gaoqiao's Xiaoyang village (Template:Zh).[1]
In 2007, Chevron Corporation and China National Petroleum Corporation signed a contract to share production in Chuandongbei, with Chevron getting 49 percent of the venture, operating the project and supplying the technology.[2]
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References
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External links
- Gas well blowout kills at least 191 – Article in the China Daily, dated 2003-12-25
- China tries to plug burst natural gas well – Article on MSNBC, dated 2003-12-25