我与中国的石油工业——纵观全球油气勘探开发历史，每一次大的油气发现都与地质认识的不断深入密切相关 访美国科学院院士、普林斯顿大学教授约翰·萨波先生

John Suppe and China＇s Petroleum Industry——Global oil and gas exploration and development history indicates close relations between oil and gas discovery and progress in geological theory.An interviewing with Mr. John Suppe, academician of US Academy of Sciences and professor at Princeton University

纵观全球油气勘探开发历史，我们可总结出这样一个规律，就是每一次大的油气发现都与地质认识的不断深入密切相关。因此，对于油气勘探地质家来说，没有比找到认识地层的方法和途经更惊喜的事情了。凡是那些在地质学界提出新的理论方法的人士理应成为石油界受尊敬的人物。

In the summer of 2005, WPI reporter met John Suppe in Beijing, who is an academician of US Academy of Sciences, professor at Princeton University and has created “the theory of fault overfold geometry and kinematics.” 22 years ago,this world-renowned geologist came up with the “theory of fault overfold geometry and kinematics”, which enormously widens the vision of geologists, expands the scope for oil and gas fields discovery worldwide and improves the accuracy for predicting earthquake disasters. The reporter took the opportunity to have an exclusive interview with him who came to Beijing to chair an international seminar on “foreland basin fault-related fold theory and application.”