Xinjiang plans to be China’s top oil producer

Xinjiang Uygur Auto-nomous Region plans to overtake Northeast China’s Daqing to become the country’s largest oil production area in the next few years, said a top local government official Monday.

The region, currently China’s third largest oil producing area, plans to more than double its oil production to 50 million tons in the near future from 22 million tons last year, according to Ismail Tiliwaldi, chairman of the region.