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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.