This Day, That Year

Item from Jan 6, 1982, in China Daily: The Bohai No 6 offshore oil rig of the China National Petroleum Corporation, which was responsible for drilling the first high-yield oil well in the Bohai Sea.

China will put drilling rights to the promising offshore oilfields of the South China Sea and the southern Yellow Sea up for bids shortly ...

According to the Petroleum Industry Ministry, the first round of bidding, which will begin as soon as State Council approval is issued, will cover either one-third or all of the seven zones surveyed in the two areas.