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ARCHIVE<br />

64 Issue 1 2009 <strong>BP</strong> MAGAZINE<br />

Above: in 1983, an international<br />

consortium, led by <strong>BP</strong> Petroleum<br />

Development Ltd, was awarded<br />

five exploration contracts <strong>of</strong>fshore<br />

China. At a ceremony in Beijing on<br />

10th May, Mr Qin Wencai,<br />

president <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> China National<br />

Offshore Oil Corporation, and Peter<br />

Walters, <strong>BP</strong>’s chairman, toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

with representatives <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> consortium, signed<br />

<strong>the</strong> joint venture co-operation<br />

agreements. Right: drilling activity<br />

onboard <strong>the</strong> semi-submersible rig<br />

Nanhai II, in <strong>the</strong> South China Sea<br />

in 1984.

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