Gaoqiao () is a town located in a valley in Kai County, in the northeast of Chongqing municipality in Southwest China. Central Chongqing lies to the southwest.
History On 23 December 2003 at 21:15, a gas well burst and released highly toxic hydrogen sulfide. According to China Daily, 243 people died and at least 9,000 were injured.
The well was called “” and belonged to PetroChina's Southwest Oil and Gas Field Branch (). It was located in the Chuandongbei gas field () in Gaoqiao's Xiaoyang village ().
In 2007, Chevron Corporation and China National Petroleum Corporation signed a contract to share production in Chuandongbei, with Chevron getting 49 percent of the venture, operating the project and supplying the technology.
See also List of township-level divisions of Chongqing
References
External links Gas well blowout kills at least 191 – Article in the China Daily, dated 2003-12-25 China tries to plug burst natural gas well – Article on MSNBC, dated 2003-12-25