my country’s offshore oil and gas exploration enters a new era with an annual output of over 30 million tons of crude oil from the Bohai Oilfield in 2021

CCTV News: Today (January 9), CNOOC announced that my country’s largest offshore oil field, the Bohai Oil Field, has produced more than 30 million tons of crude oil and has built the country’s largest crude oil production base.

In 2021, the crude oil output of the entire Bohai Oilfield will reach 30.132 million tons. The increase in crude oil accounts for about half of the increase in the country, making it my country’s largest crude oil production base.

Zhao Chunming, Chief Engineer of CNOOC Tianjin Branch: In the next three years, the crude oil output of Bohai Oilfield will increase at an average annual rate of 2 million tons. By 2025, the total oil and gas output will reach more than 40 million tons. This will give full play to the protection of my country’s energy security by offshore oil and gas production. An important supporting role.

The Bohai Oilfield is located in the Bohai Sea of ​​my country, with a total mining area of ​​42,000 square kilometers. It is the birthplace of my country’s offshore oil industry. More than 50 years of operation, the cumulative proven petroleum geological reserves have exceeded 4.4 billion tons, the natural gas reserves have reached nearly 500 billion cubic meters, and the oil and gas output has exceeded 493 million tons. This has become an important guarantee for my country’s energy security and the promotion of economic and social development.

Today, the Bohai Oilfield has built my country’s largest crude oil production base, which also means that my country’s offshore oil and gas exploration has entered a new era, and offshore oil and gas resource extraction has become an important growth pole for my country’s crude oil development.

The latest statistics show that in 2021, my country’s offshore crude oil production was 48.64 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.23 million tons. The increase accounted for about 80% of the total increase in domestic crude oil. More than half of the increase in the country, the sea has become the main position of my country’s oil and gas production increase.

CNOOC General Manager Assistant Cao Xinjian: In the past three years, it has invested more than 50 billion yuan each year, with a compound growth rate of over 20%. It has discovered and developed a number of large and medium-sized oil and gas fields, while breakthroughs in deep water and heavy oil development technologies have opened up oil and gas. A new situation for increased production.

The latest round of oil and gas resource evaluation results show that my country is rich in offshore oil and gas resources, with 39.3 billion tons of oil resources and 52 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. The prospects for exploration and development are broad; crude oil exploration is currently at a peak stage, and natural gas exploration is at an early stage, so reserves will increase in the future. The potential for production is huge.

CNOOC General Manager Assistant Cao Xinjian: Strive to achieve an average annual increase of 2 million tons and more than 2 billion cubic meters of domestic crude oil and natural gas during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. Return 200 million tons and reduce the dependence on foreign oil and gas to make greater contributions.