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CNPC starts up its first ever

hydrogen station

CHINA STATE-OWNED China National Petroleum The station had refuelled a total 470 vehicles
Corp. (CNPC) has announced the start-up of as of February 19, dispensing a total of 4,958.94
its first ever hydrogen refuelling station in Hebei kg of hydrogen, according to CNPC, which
Province. added that it intended to launch 50 such facili-
The country, which is China’s largest oil and ties across China.
gas producer, said on March 16 that the station Zhangjiakou City, which is hosting part of the
had become officially operational in the Tai- Winter Olympics, will deploy 1,000 hydrogen
zicheng Service Area, Chongli. trucks and buses to support the games’ logistical
The station will serve fuel cell vehicles during needs.
the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which has Royal Dutch Shell announced in November
already attracted a raft of similarly hydrogen-re- 2020 that it had formed a joint venture with
lated agreements over the last year. Zhangjiakou-based ZJK JT to build a 20-MW
Air Liquide, for example, signed an agree- hydrogen electrolyser to produce green hydro-
ment with Zhangjiakou Jiaotou Hydrogen and gen. The fuel output will be used to meet the
New Energy Technology in April 2020 for the demand from the city’s planned hydrogen fleet.
supply of hydrogen equipment as well as the con- While China is a global leader in terms of
struction of a hydrogen refuelling station. hydrogen production, its output is tied to fossil
CNPC said its station – which consists of a fuels and the economic giant has been slower to
hydrogenation area, a hydrogen storage area explore green and even blue hydrogen options.
and a process device area – operates at an aver- The country produces around 20mn tonnes per
age capacity of 1,000kg per day. The facility is year (tpy) of the clean fuel, a figure that accounts
expected to refuel thousands of vehicles during for around a third of the world’s production.: ™
the Games.

GENERATION

CNOOC Ltd starts up shallow-water oilfield

CHINA STATE-RUN Chinese offshore developer project generates its own power.
CNOOC Ltd has announced the start-up of CNOOC Ltd announced plans earlier this
production at its wholly owned Caofeidian 6-4 year to boost its oil and gas output in 2021 by
oilfield in the shallow waters of Bohai Bay. 3-5% as it seeks to bring on stream several new
While CNOOC Ltd, a unit of state-owned fields both at home and abroad.
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), The developer aims to produce 545-555mn
built a new central platform at Caofeidian 6-4, barrels of oil equivalent in 2021, up from 528mn
the company noted it had been able to tie the boe in 2020, with around 68% that figure to come
project back to existing processing facilities at from domestic fields.
the Nanpu 35-2 and Qinhuangdao 32-6 oilfields. CNOOC Ltd has set out a development
The state developer intends to drill 30 pro- budget CNY90-100bn ($13.96-15.51bn) for this
duction wells and 12 water injection wells and year and wants to drill 217 exploration wells as
water source wells at Caofeidian 6-4, which is well as bring 19 new projects online. The com-
in Bohai’s Midwest in average water depths of pany highlighting projects such as Caofeidian
around 20 metres, reaching peak production 6-4 oilfield as a key component of its production
of around 15,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil in strategy.
2023. The company announced last month that it
The company said it would promote green had made a significant shallow-water oil and gas
and low-carbon production at the oilfield, with discovery in the Bohai Bay in the Bozhong 13-2
the project set to eliminate sewage emissions structure. CNOOC Ltd said at the time that the
while also reducing its dependency on coal- BZ13-2-2 well had made a “large-sized” discov-
fired power consumption thanks to the fact the ery, without providing a resource estimate.™

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