China National Offshore Oil Corporation

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China National Offshore Oil Corporation

The company headquarters in Beijing, which opened in 2006.
Native name	中国海洋石油总公司
Romanized name	Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī
Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Oil and gas
Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Number of locations	Western South China Sea Jiangsu Bohai Sea
Key people	Wang Yilin (Chairman) Li Fanrong (CEO)
Revenue	715,249,360,000 renminbi (2018)
Subsidiaries	CNOOC Limited China Oilfield Services
Website	www.cnooc.com.cn

China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group (Chinese: 中国海洋石油总公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī), is the third-largest national oil company in China, after CNPC (parent of PetroChina) and China Petrochemical Corporation (parent of Sinopec).^{[citation needed]} The CNOOC Group focuses on the exploitation, exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas in offshore China, along with its subsidiary COOEC.

The company is owned by the government of the People's Republic of China, and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) assumes shareholder rights and obligations on the government's behalf. One subsidiary, CNOOC Limited, is listed on the Hong Kong exchange; the other, China Oilfield Services, is listed on the Hong Kong and New York exchanges. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, CNOOC was ranked as the 126th largest public company in the world.^[1] In 2023, the company’s seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 85.^[2]