Tag Archives: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)

China’s Boldest Oil Hunt yet

In October last year, China’s CNOOC reported record oil and gas production from a field called Deep Sea #1. The field was the company’s first ultra-deep project, an example of the pursuit of new, untapped resources that lie deeper under the sea. Yet it’s not only ultradeep offshore drilling that …

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Chinese Energy Major Inks Oil Deal with Mozambique

The China National Offshore Oil Co, or CNOOC, has signed an exploration and production deal for five oil and gas blocks in Mozambique, Reuters reported, citing a CNOOC statement. The five blocks are offshore the African country, in depths ranging between 500 meters and 2,500 meters, the Chinese state-owned company …

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Iraq, China Sign Deal for New Gas Field Development

China is making further inroads into Iraqi oil and gas by inking an initial agreement with Iraq’s state-owned Midland Oil Company to develop the Mansuriya gas field with a Chinese-Iraqi consortium. The already-producing Mansuriya field foresees production of 100 million standard cubic feet of gas over a period of 18 …

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