Help | Sitemap | Archive | Advanced Search | Mirror in USA   
  CHINA
  BUSINESS
  OPINION
  WORLD
  SCI-EDU
  SPORTS
  LIFE
  WAP SERVICE
  FEATURES
  PHOTO GALLERY

Message Board
Feedback
Voice of Readers
China Quiz
 China At a Glance
 Constitution of the PRC
 State Organs of the PRC
 CPC and State Leaders
 Chinese President Jiang Zemin
 White Papers of Chinese Government
 Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping
 English Websites in China
Help
About Us
SiteMap
Employment

U.S. Mirror
Japan Mirror
Tech-Net Mirror
Edu-Net Mirror
 
Wednesday, January 17, 2001, updated at 16:29(GMT+8)
Business  

CNPC Gets Rich Returns From Tapping Overseas Resources

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) gained high returns on tapping overseas petroleum during the Ninth Five-year Plan period.

The oil giant signed altogether seven contracts on the exploration and development of overseas petroleum, one contract on oil refining, and one on the construction of oil pipelines, involving a total investment of 15.6bn yuan by the end of 2000. Meanwhile, the company also formed three strategic development regions, Middle East-North Africa, Central Asia-Russia, and South America.

CNPC reportedly has a share of 460m tons of exploitable overseas oil reserves. In 2000, its annual output of overseas crude oil reached 13.5m tons, natural gas 1.08bn cubic meters and has a share of l 5.05m tons of crude oil. Its income from the sales of its share oil totaled US$1.3 billion in five years.

According to CNPC, most of its overseas projects under operation have proceeded from capital input into the period of investment recovery, which generally lasts five to six years. The average crude oil discovery cost is US$2.14 per barrel and the average operation charge on each barrel of crude oil is US$2.1, making it highly competitive in the international market.

CNPC's overseas projects have also given a strong impetus to the development of projects undertaken abroad, technological services and the export of materials and equipment. By the end of 2000, the above-mentioned three items had earned the group US$2.66 billion in five years.

It is estimated that by the year 2005, the annual crude oil output of CNPC's overseas oil projects will exceed 30 million tons and their share of crude oil 9 million tons respectively.



By PD Online staff member Huang Ying



In This Section
 

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) gained high returns on tapping overseas petroleum during the Ninth Five-year Plan period.

Advanced Search


 


 


Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved