{
  "id": 12283445,
  "title": "China's desert oilfield hits record: 8,080m deep core from 500m-year-old rock",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/chinas-desert-oilfield-hits-record-8-080m-deep-core-from-500m-year",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T21:09:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/chinas-fuman-oilfield-largest-desert-oilfield-extracts-26-86-million-tons-of-oil-and-gas-from-below-6000-metres-engineers-recover-500-million-year-old-rock-core-from-record-8080-metre-depth-in-xinjiang/articleshow/134716846.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China’s Fuman Oilfield in Xinjiang has extracted 26.86 million tons of oil and gas equivalent from ultra-deep formations beneath the Taklimakan Desert. Engineers also recovered rock cores from a record depth of 8,080 metres at the Zhentan-1 well. The rocks are estimated to have remained buried for about 500 million years, according to CNPC and CCTV.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}