Cnooc's 2018 Profit More Than Doubles
Chinese state-owned Cnooc March 21 said its net profit for 2018 more than doubled owing to higher oil and gas prices.
Cnooc’s reported a net profit of yuan 52.7bn ($7.9bn), representing an increase of 113.5% year-on-year. In 2018, its average realised oil price was $67.22/barrel, up 27.7% year-on-year and average realised natural gas price was $6.41/’000 ft3, up 9.8% on 2017. Its total revenue for 2018 rose 21.8% to yuan 227bn.
In 2018, Cnooc’s production was 475mn barrels of oil equivalent, up 1% year-on-year.
This year, Cnooc's capital expenditure is budgeted at yuan 70bn - 80bn ($10.3bn - $11.8bn). The capital expenditures for exploration, development and production account for approximately 20%, 59% and 19%, respectively. The company’s net production target for 2019 is 480mn boe – 490mn boe, higher than 2018’s output of 475mn boe.