…With the exception of Katamachi, which was a post station on the Hokkoku Kaido road until the early modern period, the area is a semi-agricultural, semi-fishing village. Before World War II, it was a source of labor for the Naoetsu coastal industrial area, but in 1957, with the development of Teikoku Oil's Katamachi gas and oil fields, it suddenly became an oil town. Development of undersea oil fields on artificial islands is also underway, and it is the starting point of a pipeline to Tokyo. … *Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Katamachi Gas and Oil Field" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…近世まで北国街道の宿場であった潟町を除けば半農半漁村である。第2次世界大戦前は直江津臨海工業地域の労働力の供給地であったが,1957年帝国石油の潟町ガス・油田が開発されて一躍石油の町となった。人工島による海底油田の開発も進められ,東京方面へのパイプラインの起点となっている。… ※「潟町ガス・油田」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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