Production of China's Daqing Oilfield tops 2.4 billion tonnes

HARBIN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Daqing Oilfield, China's largest onshore oilfield, has produced over 2.4 billion tonnes of crude oil since it was discovered in 1959, according to Daqing Oilfield, a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation.

The oilfield accounts for about 40 percent of China's total domestic onshore crude oil production during the same period.