Velveting meat is a common practice in Chinese stir-fries: By marinating strips of meat with egg white and cornstarch, then dipping then in a hot oil bath before finally stir-frying them, the meat develops a texture that is tender, silky, and smooth. Oil and Gas Service Contracts around the World: A Review1 Abbas Ghandia, C.-Y. Cynthia Linb. aInstitute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA 95616, United States. Many may not realize that China is among the world's Top 5 oil producing countries. But PetroChina , which went public in 2007, produces almost as much oil as does ExxonMobil, and is but one of the three Chinese companies in the Top 25. European countries are well-represented on the list,