Tag Archives: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)

Chinese CNOOC to Launch $2.7-Billion Upgraded Refinery Complex

State-controlled China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is set to launch a refinery and petrochemicals complex later this year, following a $2.74-billion upgrade, Reuters reported on Tuesday, quoting industry sources. The upgraded joint venture complex on the Daxie Island in Ningbo will feature a 120,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude unit, which …

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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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