Though most of the remnants are submerged, the granite in Kowloon and the rock pillars in Ninepin Islands can be traced back to this one source,” said Denise Tang Lai-kwan, Civil Engineering and ...

by far the largest metamorphic rock oilfield in the world, commenced production on Friday, according to its developer, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Tianjin branch.

Hashigui-iwa, which literally means “bridge pillar rocks,” consists of more than 40 rock pillars of varying sizes arranged in a straight line that stretch for nearly a kilometer. The ...