CNOOC descobre mais de 100 milhões de toneladas de petróleo no campo petrolífero de Kaiping South, no Mar da China Meridional. CNOOC discovers over 100 million tons of oil in South China Sea's Kaiping South oilfield.

A empresa petrolífera estatal chinesa CNOOC descobriu um novo campo petrolífero no Mar da China Meridional contendo mais de 100 milhões de toneladas de petróleo equivalente. Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC has discovered a new oilfield in the South China Sea containing over 100 million tons of oil equivalent. O campo petrolífero de Kaiping South, localizado perto da província de Guangdong, contém petróleo bruto leve e aumentou a meta de produção da CNOOC para 2024 em 8%. The Kaiping South oilfield, located near Guangdong province, contains light crude oil and has increased CNOOC's 2024 production target by 8%. A empresa tem investido fortemente no desenvolvimento das reservas offshore de petróleo e gás da China para compensar o declínio da produção proveniente dos campos onshore envelhecidos. The company has been investing heavily in developing China's offshore oil and gas reserves to offset declining output from aging onshore fields.