Another Mid-tolarge Sized Natural Gas Discovery Made on Independent Deepwater Exploration

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Jan 06, 2015, 04:36 ET

HONG KONG, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", NYSE: CEO, SEHK: 00883, TSX: CNU) today announces that the Company has successfully made a new mid-to-large sized natural gas discovery Lingshui 25-1 on the independent deepwater exploration.

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The Lingshui 25-1 structure is located in the northeast of Ledong Sag in Qiongdongnan Basin of South China Sea, with an average water depth of about 980 meters. The discovery well Lingshui 25-1-1 was drilled and completed at a depth of about 4,000 meters and encountered the oil and gas pay zone with a total thickness of about 73 meters. The well was tested to produce about 35.6 million cubic feet of natural gas and 395 barrels of oil per day.

Lingshui 25-1 is another mid-to-large sized natural gas discovery following Lingshui 17-2 that the Company made on independent deepwater exploration. The new discovery has not only opened up a new exploration chapter in deepwater area of northern South China Sea, but also further proven the good exploration prospects in deepwater area of Qiongdongnan Basin.

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CNOOC Limited
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Ms. Cathy Zhang
Hill+Knowlton
Strategies Asia
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SOURCE CNOOC Limited