China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) BGP Inc's No 247 Tarim Frontlinegeophysical prospector team have worked onexplorations since 1990 in Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The team have crossed deserts, swamps, mountains, and completed many oil and gas exploration projects.

The team realized an annual output value of more than one hundred million yuan over seven consecutive years, and laid a solid foundation for CNPC to build a Daqing-like oilfield in Xinjiang.

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style="text-align: center"> China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) BGP Inc's No 247 Tarim Frontline geophysical prospector team members operate exploring equipment at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters on May 9 on South Tianshan Mountain, Kuqa county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]