KARACHI – The China Geological Survey Research Ship (CGS) ‘Hai Yang Di ZhiShi Hao’ visited Pakistan for hydrocarbon research and geological mappingwith the support of Pakistan Navy.
The expedition, in which the CGS ship conducted various seismic andoceanographic observations in Pakistan’s offshore area, was conducted byChinese scientists along with the participation of scientists from theNational Institute of Oceanography, Pakistan Navy said in a statement onThursday.
According to the communiqué, the acquired data will be jointly processed byPakistani and Chinese scientists.
“This expedition is in line with growing cooperation between China andPakistan in the field of geological survey and oceanography,” it said.“This cooperation in the field of offshore research will continue in futureand another expedition from CGS has also been planned in the near future.”
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It is expected, the statement added, that these expeditions will assist inresource mapping of our offshore areas.