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    China’s CNOOC targets record oil, gas output in 2023

    January 12, 2023
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    Singapore — China’s CNOOC Ltd has raised its 2023 production target by around 8% to a record 650 million to 660 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), it said on Wednesday.

    The state-controlled offshore oil and gas company produced about 620 million boe last year, exceeding its goal of 600-610 million boe, CNOOC said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange outlining its annual strategic outlook.

    CNOOC is aiming for 6% average annual production growth by 2025 when output is forecast to hit 2 million boe a day, Chief Executive Officer Zhou Xinhuai told reporters following the release.

    Under its stated strategy to boost the share of natural gas in its portfolio, CNOOC is stepping up the development of large domestic finds like Baodao 21-1 in the Qiongdongnan basin of South China Sea as well as gas reservoirs in global projects.

    CNOOC has made a “good discovery” of natural gas in Gabon and is pushing for more condensate and gas development in Guyana, Zhou added. He did not elaborate.

    The company this year plans spending of 100-110 billion yuan ($14.8-16.3 billion). That compares with last year’s 100 billion yuan, the second highest-ever after the 105.7 billion yuan it spent in 2014.

    CNOOC said it expects to launch production at nine new projects this year, including domestic fields Bozhong 19-6 in the Bohai Bay basin and Lufeng 12-3 in the Pearl River Mouth basin, and global projects like Mero 2 in Brazil and Payara in Guyana.

    One of the industry’s lowest-cost producers, CNOOC has in recent years become the top contributor to national crude oil production where state oil majors strive to boost production in answer to Beijing’s call for supply security.

    It grew its domestic crude oil output by around 7% last year to 52.04 million tonnes, China National Offshore Oil Corp, the parent company of Hong Kong and Shanghai-listed CNOOC Ltd, said last week. The increases made up over 60% of China’s total oil output growth.

    CNOOC is also accelerating drilling coal-seam methane in onshore Ordos basin in northern China, as well as in early exploration of shale oil in the Beibuwan basin of the South China Sea.

    On green energy, the listed entity repeated that it will allocate 5-10% of capital expenditure to low-carbon investment with a focus on offshore wind power, but said it has no plan to acquire new energy businesses.

    Separately, CNOOC pledged to maintain its dividend payout ratio at 40% or higher between 2022 and 2024.

    Reporting by Chen AizhuEditing by Mark Potter and Conor Humphries – Reuters

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