The Shunbei oil and gas field had broken the record for the deepest onshore directional well-drilling in Asia, reaching a depth of 8,874.4 meters.

- The China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) Northwest Oilfield Company on Friday said its Shunbei oil and gas field had broken the record for the deepest onshore directional well drilling in Asia, reaching a depth of 8,874.4 meters.

China Eastern will issue 7.46 billion yuan ($1.049 billion) worth of directional shares for entities under Juneyao Group to purchase and listed Juneyao Airlines will issue 2.1 billion yuan shares for China Eastern to invest, said a China Eastern Airlines statement on Tuesday.

"With all the directional drilling and geo-steering techniques maturing .

Tang Yunming, founder of Xianning Laserspeaker Technology Co Ltd, said: "Our directional sound transmission equipment enables sound to be transmitted in a certain area in a specific direction.

Nicora views the bond connect, allowing international and Hong Kong investors to trade onshore bonds, as a "directional revolution" that would bring "fundamental changes" to the world's third-largest bond market where overseas ownership remains less than 2 percent.