克拉玛依位于新疆准噶尔盆地西北缘,西北傍依加依尔山东麓,南依天山北麓,东濒古尔班通古特沙漠北部。克拉玛依系维吾尔语“黑油”的意思,得名于市区东北两公里处的黑色沥青丘——黑油山。1955年7月6日,克拉玛依正式拉开了油田勘探开发的序幕,同年10月29日,克拉玛依第一口油井完钻喷油,我国第一个大油田宣告诞生。1958年5月,经国务院批准克 Karamay is located in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, northwestern Pongal and the eastern foot of Mt. Garmishan, to the north of the Tianshan Mountains in the north and to the north of the Gurbantunggut desert in the east. Karamay Department of Uighur “black oil ” meaning, named in the urban two kilometers northeast of black asphalt mound - black oil mountain. July 6, 1955, Karamay officially opened the prelude to the exploration and development of oil fields, the same year, October 29, Karamay completed the first oil well drilling injection, China’s first large oil field was declared the birth. May 1958, approved by the State Council grams