The western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor), or black gibbon, one of the lesser apes (Hylobatidae), is mainly distributed in Yunnan, China. Of the four recognized subspecies, N. c. jingdongensis is endemic to the Wuliang Mountain, central Yunnan, China. Of all the subspecies, this one has the largest population of any black gibbon. However, the data were all based on brief estimates. We carried out an extensive field survey on population and group distribution of the black gibbon in the Wuliang Mountains by use of loud morning songs and interviews with local people. Ninety-eight groups were confirmed and located in the mid-montane range of Wuliang Mountains. More groups are found on the east slope and the southern region than in the west and the north. Gibbons are more disjunctly distributed on the west slope, especially in the northern part. Deforestation in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was the main reason for rapid loss of habitat and population decline. Hunting was another key reason for population decline and, in many cases, the main reason for local extinction.
The Microbial Prospecting of Oil and Gas (MPOG) is applied to the matured development area in the Satellite Oilfield in Daqing for the first time. And with the MPOG, the hydrocarbon accumulation regulation controlled by faults is interpreted, and the matured development area is extended out to western part. At the same time, four microbial anomalies are discovered. The MPOG results were verified by the hydrocarbon-bearing conditions of the 10 drilled wells within the following half a year, and the consistent rate is up to 80%, which add about 300×10 4 t of the explored petroleum-in-place. Through study and successful application of MPOG to the Satellite Oilfield, the basis of the application from the exploration to development field is substantially established, and standard system of microbial anomaly is more precisely built for the Satellite Oilfield, which provided an effective explanatory item for the studied and adjacent region, even for the whole Songliao Basin, and also a new technique for complicated reservoirs, especially for the later stage development of litho-reservoirs in China. Therefore, it must have profound influence upon the oil and gas exploration, especially upon the remaining oil, extension and reserves addition of the developed area in China.
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