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CNOOC oil and gas exploration summary
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Report summary
As CNOOC Ltd's is focused on increasing production to ensure national energy security. Exploration is crucial in executing its targets. The National Oil Company consistently allocates approximately 20% of its upstream budget to exploration and appraisal, significantly higher than the Majors. Mature shelf areas in China contribute the bulk of production. Domestically, the company has ventured into deepwater exploration in the South China Sea, with an emphasis on finding gas. Internationally, CNOOC Ltd holds acreage in prolific basins offshore Latin America and West Africa.
Table of contents
- Exploration Strategy
- Exploration results
- Current portfolio and exploration outlook
- Production and potential cost of production
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Value creation
- Maturing shelf areas continue to deliver excellent value but further potential exists in deep-water South China Sea
- Deepwater exploration in Guyana transforms CNOOC's international portfolio
- UK North Sea, Nigeria and US GoM create remaining value. Mexico and Gabon prove disappointing
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Map: CNOOC Ltd’s current acreage - top 15 countries (in 000' km2)
- Net exploration and appraisal wells by country (2014-2023)
- Net exploration and appraisal wells outside of China (2014-2023)
- Exploration & appraisal spend and reinvestment
- Exploration success rates
- Largest 10 conventional discoveries (net, 2014-2023)
- Volumes discovered by year
- Volumes discovered by water depth
- Volumes discovered by country
- Volumes discovered by basin
- Production from new field discoveries as a proportion of all future production
- Discovery, development and operating costs for commercial and viable resources
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