Burst dykes imperil Chinese oilfield

  • 16/12/1997

  • Business Line (New Delhi)

Three dykes have burst along the raging Nen in North-east China, threatening the country's largest oilfield of Daqing nearby, an anti-food official and state media said. About 200,000 soldiers and civilians have been reinforcing flood defences near Daqing in Heilongjiang province, where waterlogging has closed 355 oil wells and reduced daily output by 807 tonnes.