China’s largest NOCs ramped up gas production in H1 2019 in line with calls from Beijing to prioritise domestic output in response to its trade war with Washington.
Strong domestic output from PetroChina, Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd (CNOOC Ltd) continued to stand out, with the NOCs ramping up combined production in H1 2019 by 9.7% year on year, to 70.6 billion cubic metres. This represented an acceleration from the 9.1% growth seen in H2 2018 – when Chinese President...
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