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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is a state-owned integrated energy company headquartered in Beijing and the parent of PetroChina. It operates across the oil and gas value chain, including exploration and production, pipeline transportation, refining, marketing, and petrochemicals in China and internationally.
In the chemical sector, CNPC (through PetroChina and affiliates) runs refineries and petrochemical complexes that produce base chemicals and polymers such as ethylene, propylene, aromatics, polyethylene, and polypropylene, alongside solvents and other downstream derivatives. The company is active in natural gas processing and the LNG value chain, and operates extensive gas transmission infrastructure that supplies industrial and consumer markets.
CNPC participates in projects across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, providing integration between crude oil and natural gas production, midstream logistics, fuels, and chemical manufacturing.
Also known as CNPC-Aktobemunaigas JSC and 中国石油天然气集团有限公司.
chemXplore tracks 10 projects involving CNPC, of which 7 are active.
Besides these 7, the record holds 3 completed projects.
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1 more active project and the 3 that are completed, on hold or cancelled are in the record. See all 10 in chemXplore →
3 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.
Operational efficiency, FPSO ramp-ups and fewer shutdown losses drove output growth, supported by 12 new wells and refinery and decarbonization advances.
China’s first full‑chain green, low‑carbon ethylene project begins commercial operation, deploying carbon capture, blue hydrogen, green urea production and high domestic localization.
Left Singapore on 18/10 bound for the Búzios pre-salt field; part of the 80-series of six platforms with nominal 225,000 bpd and 12 million m³ gas compression capacity; start expected next year.
225,000 bbl/d oil capacity and 12 million m³/d gas processing; first of a six-platform series; P-80 and P-82 due to start production in 2027.
ISO issues the first global standard defining EOR terms and definitions, covering chemical, gas, thermal and microbial recovery methods.
LOI covers preliminary engineering, procurement and technical services worth about €11m for upstream offshore scope; final EPCI award depends on FID and government/regulatory approvals expected in 2026.
Two pre-salt platforms bound for the Búzios field will sail to Brazil for 2027 start-up; each can produce 225,000 b/d and treat 12 million m³/d of gas.
July average exports reached 10.8 million m³/d; daily peak hit 14.1 million m³ on 6 August after CO₂-membrane upgrades and Route 3 operation.
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The 6 sharing the most projects, of 22.
