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CNOOC International is a subsidiary of CNOOC Limited and a producer of oil and gas in various regions.

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CNOOC reported four discoveries, 16 successful appraisals and three offshore China project start-ups during the first half of 2026, while also advancing digitalization, floating...
Aug. 28, 2026
Domestic exploration highlights for 2025 include shallow lithologic field breakthroughs in the Bohai offshore region of eastern China.
April 2, 2026
Early tests indicate that the proved in-place volume of Qinhuangdao 29-6 field exceeds 100 million tons of oil equivalent.
Dec. 29, 2025
The facility is the first offshore China designed for HT fluid cooling and export.
Dec. 23, 2025
The shallow-water development in the Beibu Gulf features bridge-linked wellhead and central processing platforms and 28 production wells.
Dec. 4, 2025
CNOOC has announced the commissioning of the Wenchang 16-2 oilfield development project in the South China Sea.
Sept. 8, 2025
The Dongfang gas project is said to be the first high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) natural gas project in Chinese waters.
July 30, 2025
CNOOC has started operations at the Kenli 10-2 Oilfields Development (Phase I) in the southern Bohai Sea offshore eastern China.
July 25, 2025
CNOOC has discovered oil and gas for the first time in metamorphic sandstone and slate buried hills in deep plays in the South China Sea.
July 17, 2025
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A CNOOC Ltd. subsidiary has signed a contract for exploration and production (E&P) of hydrocarbons on the Zhylyoi subsoil area.
June 24, 2025

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South China Sea
China’s governmental authorities have approved gas-in-place at CNOOC’s Lingshui 36-1 gas field in the South China Sea at more than 100 Bcm.
Aug. 8, 2024
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offshore China
CNOOC has drilled a high-output oil well in the Beibu Gulf offshore China.
July 24, 2024
CNOOC has discovered oil and gas in the Mesozoic buried hill play offshore eastern Bohai Bay, China.
July 16, 2024
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CNOOC has achieved strong production rates from its first ultra-deep well into the subsurface beneath Bohai Bay, eastern China.
July 12, 2024
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South China Sea
CNOOC has started production from its Wushi 23-5 oilfield development in the Beibu Gulf area of the South China Sea, in 28 m water depth.
July 1, 2024
The development connects to existing production facilities and should produce about 5,300 boe/d of light crude in 2025.
June 29, 2024
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CNOOC has made a potentially large discovery in deep water in the western South China Sea.
June 6, 2024
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CNOOC and its subsidiaries have signed petroleum exploration and production concession contracts covering five blocks offshore Mozambique.
May 24, 2024
Production should reach a peak of around 5,800 boe/d in 2026.
May 9, 2024
Courtesy CNOOC
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CNOOC has made a large oilfield discovery in the Bohai Sea offshore eastern China, thought to hold 104 MMtoe in place.
March 18, 2024

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CNOOC has started up production from its Weizhou 5-3 oilfield development in the South China Sea.
June 9, 2025
CNOOC has brought onstream the Wenchang 9-7 oilfield development in the western Pearl River Mouth Basin offshore China.
April 14, 2025
Courtesy CNOOC
Huizhou 19-6
CNOOC has discovered the largest integrated clastic oil field in the eastern South China Sea, with in-place reserves of more than 100 MMtons of oil equivalent.
March 31, 2025
CNOOC has brought onstream two field developments offshore China.
March 18, 2025
Courtesy CNOOC
Weizhou 12-1 oil field
CNOOC has discovered oil and gas in Paleozoic granite buried hills in the Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea.
March 6, 2025
CNOOC has started operations at its Luda 5-2 North Oilfield Phase II development in the central Bohai Sea offshore eastern China.
Feb. 21, 2025
Courtesy CNOOC
Bozhong 28-2
CNOOC has begun production from the Bozhong 26-6 oilfield development offshore eastern China.
Feb. 7, 2025
CNOOC is targeting net production from its global development projects this year of 760 MMboe to 780 MMboe.
Jan. 22, 2025
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South China Sea
CNOOC has started production from the Dongfang 29-1 gas field development in the Yinggehai Basin offshore southern China.
Jan. 22, 2025
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Panyu oil fields
CNOOC has started up its Panyu 11-12/10-1/ 10-2 oilfields adjustment joint development in the eastern South China Sea.
Jan. 3, 2025
CNOOC has started production from its Suizhong 36-2 oilfield development in the Liaodong Bay region of Bohai Sea offshore eastern China.
Dec. 30, 2024
CNOOC says the Huizhou 26-6 oilfield development in the Pearl River Mouth Basin and the Jinzhou 23-2 oilfield project in the Bohai Sea will achieve peak production in 2027.
Dec. 3, 2024