Notable accomplishments included:

- The Ordos Basin established China's first oil and gas production base exceeding 100 million tons;

- Natural gas output in the Sichuan Basin surpassed 80 billion cubic meters;

- Offshore oil and gas production reached an equivalent of 90 million tons;

- National-level demonstration zones for shale oil were fully developed.

Details are as follows:

The “Seven-Year Action Plan” for intensifying oil and gas exploration and development concluded successfully, with both reserves and production hitting record highs.

By 2025, domestic crude oil production reached 216 million tons, setting a new historical peak; natural gas output exceeded 260 billion cubic meters, with production equivalent surpassing 200 million tons for the first time. Crude oil production advanced both onshore and offshore. Veteran oilfields like Daqing and Shengli intensified reservoir management and enhanced recovery rates, achieving long-term stable and efficient production, while shale oil output exceeded 8.5 million tons. The Bohai oilfield maintained its position as China's largest crude oil production base, with offshore crude output accounting for over 60% of the national increase. Natural gas production advanced through both conventional and unconventional sources, with rapid growth in output from the Ordos Basin, Sichuan Basin, and offshore fields. Unconventional gas production rose to 42% of total output, establishing a strategic resource succession for natural gas.

From 2019 to 2025, the nation's cumulative proven oil and natural gas geological reserves will exceed 10 billion tons and 10 trillion cubic meters, respectively, solidifying the foundation for sustained stable production and output growth. Crude oil production has remained stable above 200 million tons for four consecutive years, while natural gas output has increased by over 10 billion cubic meters annually for nine consecutive years. This has exceeded the targets of the “Seven-Year Action Plan” for significantly enhancing oil and gas exploration and development, further strengthening China's self-sufficiency in oil and gas supply.

The Ordos Basin maintained production growth, establishing China's first billion-ton oil and gas production base.

By 2025, the Ordos Basin's oil and gas production equivalent exceeded 100 million tons, with crude oil output stabilizing at 38 million tons for two consecutive years and natural gas production reaching nearly 80 billion cubic meters, further solidifying the energy super-basin's oil and gas foundation. In the Huanjiang area of China National Petroleum Corporation, the Chang 8 and Chang 6 tight oil formations added 80.4 million tons of proven geological oil reserves, equivalent to discovering a medium-sized oilfield. In southern Hubei, the Binchang, Fuxian, and western Ma Huangshan blocks demonstrated over 100 million tons of evaluated resources in the Chang 7 tight oil formation, while the Xunyiyu exploration area in southern Hubei continued to expand reserves on a large scale. Exploration for Paleozoic coalbed methane (deep coalbed methane) achieved further breakthroughs, with newly proven geological reserves of nearly 500 billion cubic meters added in areas including Mizhi-Shenmu, Jiaxian, Sanjiaobei, Daji, Yichuan, and Linxing. Cumulative proven geological reserves approached one trillion cubic meters, solidifying the foundation for large-scale production. Oil and gas production maintained steady growth. CNPC's Changqing Oilfield surpassed cumulative shale oil production of 20 million tons, while Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum sustained stable output exceeding 10 million tons annually. CNPC's Sulige Gas Field maintained an annual output of 30 billion cubic meters for four consecutive years. Production capacity expansion at CNPC's Daiji Gas Field for coalbed methane (deep coalbed gas) accelerated, with daily output exceeding 10 million cubic meters, opening a new front for unconventional natural gas reserve expansion and production growth in China. Sinopec's Daniu and Dongsheng gas fields collectively maintained stable production of 5 billion cubic meters for five consecutive years; CNOOC's Zhonglian Company achieved unconventional gas output exceeding 3 billion cubic meters; Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum completed a 15 billion cubic meter capacity doubling project, with its 2025 natural gas production increase accounting for half of the Ordos Basin's total.

Sichuan Basin's rapid natural gas production growth supports the development of a 100-billion-cubic-meter base

By 2025, Sichuan Basin natural gas output will surpass 80 billion cubic meters, with its production growth accounting for over 40% of the national total. Shale gas production alone will reach approximately 27 billion cubic meters, significantly advancing the development of the Sichuan-Chongqing trillion-cubic-meter natural gas production base. CNPC's Southwest Oil and Gas Field established the region's first 50-billion-cubic-meter-scale major gas area, forming China's first trillion-cubic-meter deep shale gas reserve zone. Both conventional gas in the Middle Sichuan Permian and unconventional gas achieved large-scale, efficient reserve growth, with unconventional gas production reaching 42% of total output. This marks a strategic shift from “conventional gas dominance” to “synergistic development of conventional and unconventional resources.” Sinopec discovered China's first major Permian shale gas field, while continuous breakthroughs were made in evaluating ultra-deep Cambrian shale gas resources in southern Sichuan. The marine-deposited high-sulfur gas fields in northeastern Sichuan—Puguang and Yuanba—have maintained stable annual production exceeding 10 billion cubic meters for nine consecutive years, with shale gas production stabilizing above 10 billion cubic meters for five straight years.

Significant achievements in offshore oil and gas reserve expansion and production growth, with production equivalent reaching 90 million tons

By 2025, offshore crude oil production will exceed 66 million tons, with natural gas output reaching approximately 30 billion cubic meters. The combined oil and gas production equivalent will hit 90 million tons, solidifying the offshore sector's role as a vital energy bastion and a key driver in building China into a maritime and energy powerhouse.

Exploration Achievements. In the Bohai Sea, three large-to-medium oil fields—Qinhuangdao 29-6, Longkou 25-1, and Caofeidian 22-3—were discovered in shallow lithological zones. Among these, the Qinhuangdao 29-6 field has cumulative proven reserves reaching hundreds of millions of tons, while Longkou 25-1 stands as the nation's largest conventional oil field in terms of annual reserves. In the deep-to-ultra-deep zones, the Bohai Sea's first Mesozoic volcanic rock gas field—the Bohai Zhong 8-3 South Gas Field—was discovered. In the offshore South China Sea, the Lufeng 13-8 Oil Field, the first deep-water medium-to-large lithologic oil field in the South China Sea, was identified in the Pearl River Mouth Basin.

Development. Projects including Phase II of the Shenhai No. 1 gas field and the secondary development of the Liuhua oil field were fully completed and put into production. The Bohai Oilfield, China's largest offshore oilfield, achieved an annual oil and gas production equivalent exceeding 40 million tons for the first time. By 2025, the Shenhai No. 1 gas field will surpass 5 billion cubic meters in output, while the gas field cluster surrounding Hainan Island will exceed 10 million tons in oil and gas production equivalent—doubling the output from the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period.

National-level shale oil demonstration zones fully established, propelling the shale oil revolution to new heights

By 2025, the three national-level terrestrial shale oil demonstration zones in Jimusar, Xinjiang; Gulong, Daqing; and Jiyang, Shengli will be fully operational. Leveraging breakthroughs in core technologies, shale oil production will accelerate rapidly, supporting national crude oil output to reach historic highs.

The Jimusar demonstration zone in Xinjiang has pioneered over 30 core technologies, including “Golden Target Identification” and " Wide-Area Support Fracturing," among over 30 core technologies, implementing multiple measures to enhance production efficiency, achieving an annual output of 1.7 million tons.

The Daqing Gulong Demonstration Zone pioneered foundational theories such as “In-Situ Enrichment of Terrestrial Shale Oil,” continuously expanding the scale of oil reservoirs in the Qing Shan Formation to increase reserves. Cumulative proven geological reserves exceed 300 million tons, with annual production surpassing 1 million tons.

The Shengli Jiyang Demonstration Zone innovatively proposed the “Reservoir-Fracture-Pressure” ternary storage-permeability theory for shale oil in terrestrial graben basins. Multi-level, multi-stage differential development has progressed from “technical validation” to “large-scale production,” with cumulative single-well shale oil production repeatedly setting records and annual output reaching 700,000 tons.

10,000-meter deep scientific exploration wells repeatedly break records, advancing the “Deep Earth Engineering” initiative efficiently

By 2025, the oil and gas industry will advance the national strategy of “Advancing into the Earth's Depths,” achieving major breakthroughs in the 10,000-meter deep-earth scientific exploration project. CNPC successfully completed the deep-earth Takuo-1 well in the Tarim Basin, reaching a completion depth of 10,910 meters and making the first discovery of oil and gas at this extreme depth. In the Sichuan Basin, the deep-earth Chuankeke-1 well has now exceeded 10,000 meters in drilling depth, setting a new global record for the largest-diameter wellbore at this depth. Xinjiang Huying Company actively advanced deep-layer resource exploration and development, deploying the risk exploration well Xin'an-1 in the Junggar Basin, which was successfully drilled to over 10,000 meters.

As the main battlefield of the “Deep Earth Project,” the Tarim Basin continues to achieve new breakthroughs in exploration and development. CNPC Tarim Oilfield achieved high-yield gas production from the Keshen 20 well deployed in the Kuche Foothills. Eight gas reservoirs, including Keshen 31 and Bozi 13, were evaluated with reserves additions exceeding 100 billion cubic meters. The Fuman Oilfield's oil and gas production equivalent surpassed 4.6 million tons for the first time, while the Bozi-Dabe Gas Field's output exceeded 10 billion cubic meters for the first time. Sinopec Northwest Oilfield pioneered exploration in the sub-fault dome beneath the weathered crust of Tarim River, with the deepened Sha 114-2 well demonstrating high productivity of 100 tons during testing, accelerating the realization of the “moving beyond fault zones” strategic vision. Development of the Shunbei ultra-deep oil and gas field expanded from volatile reservoirs to condensate reservoirs, with production equivalent reaching 3.24 million tons by 2025.

Oil and gas engineering technology and equipment undergo iterative upgrades, accelerating advancement toward high-end capabilities

Core technologies and equipment across the entire chain—including geophysical exploration, drilling, fracturing, and production—target international frontiers, continuously advancing toward high-end capabilities and significantly enhancing operational efficiency. CNPC independently developed China's first 80,000-pound ultra-high-tonnage, wide-frequency, high-precision EV80 controllable seismic source, capable of detecting effective seismic reflection signals at depths of 12,000 meters. This innovation effectively addresses challenges in ultra-deep oil and gas exploration, such as weak signals, low signal-to-noise ratios in data, and difficult imaging. The company also upgraded and developed China's first automated drilling rig for ultra-deep wells up to 15,000 meters, pioneering the application of deep-well oil testing and reservoir enhancement technologies at depths exceeding 10,000 meters. Sinopec independently developed the Yinglong Scientific Drilling System (Idrilling) 1.0, achieving intelligent coordination throughout the entire drilling process. Upgraded high-load hybrid drill bits resistant to 245°C and long-life screw drill tools resistant to 215°C, breaking foreign monopolies on high-temperature drill bit and tool technologies. CNOOC completed construction of the world's first integrated electric-drive fracturing vessel, the “Marine Oil 696,” boasting globally leading performance parameters. It independently developed a 3,000-meter water depth umbilical fiber optic connector (CFT), placing its engineering technology among the top three globally.

CNOOC's “Deep Sea No. 1” sets benchmark for flagship intelligent factories

CNOOC Hainan Branch is fully advancing the digital and intelligent transformation of the Shenhai No. 1 gas field, creating a fully optimized digital twin production site. In 2025, it was selected for China's first batch of “Navigator-level Smart Factory” cultivation list, becoming a model practice for digital and intelligent transformation in China's deepwater oil and gas sector.

Based on the “Deep Sea Cloud Tour” integrated platform and leveraging digital twin technology and artificial intelligence algorithms, CNOOC has established a data-driven intelligent control system for the entire oil and gas production process. This system comprises 28 intelligent application modules covering the full lifecycle from construction and design to production and management. It has enabled the Deep Sea No. 1 platform to become the world's first semi-submersible production and storage platform capable of remote-controlled operations at a water depth of 1,500 meters. This system boosts Shenhai No. 1's annual natural gas production by 60 million cubic meters, reduces energy consumption per unit output by 40%, and increases production efficiency by 3%. It achieves a workforce of 28 personnel per million tons of oil equivalent, representing over a 50% reduction compared to similar gas fields. This provides a replicable practical model for lean operations and intelligent upgrades in deepwater gas fields.

Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Innovates New Model for Clean Thermal Energy Integration

Sinopec Victory Oilfield has pioneered China's first integrated clean thermal energy system in the oil and gas sector, dubbed the “source-use-storage linkage” model. By pursuing simultaneous exploration, evaluation, and extraction of oil and geothermal resources, the oilfield has developed low-cost conversion technologies for abandoned wells into geothermal wells for industrial heat extraction, as well as enhanced oil recovery through fluid extraction and temperature increase. The implementation of a smart clean thermal energy management platform has enabled the completion of 51 projects, with an annual clean heating capacity of 3.46 million gigajoules, saving 100 million cubic meters of natural gas annually. This achieves “multi-source supply, multi-purpose utilization, storage-use matching, and oilfield-ground integration,” providing a “Victory model” for integrated geothermal multi-energy development in mature oilfields.

CNPC Jilin Oilfield's “Honggang Model” Cultivates New Pathways for Green Transformation in Mature Oilfields

China National Petroleum Corporation's Jilin Oilfield has successfully developed the “Honggang Model.” Through integrated application of “new energy substitution for cost reduction + smart management for efficiency enhancement + multi-energy complementarity for stable production,” the model will be piloted across multiple blocks starting with the Honggang D27 unit in 2025. This initiative has boosted annual oil production by 3.5 times and unlocked 27 million tons of low-grade resource reserves. Jilin Oilfield vigorously promotes the “Honggang Model,” achieving a terminal energy electrification rate of 35% and over 30% self-generated green electricity for exploration and development. This marks a historic breakthrough with zero coal consumption and a 17% clean energy substitution rate, significantly reducing the oilfield's total energy consumption and carbon emissions. It has broken the dilemma of resource depletion and declining profitability in mature oilfields, pioneering a replicable paradigm for the integrated development of oil and gas exploration/production with new energy.

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