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China oil demand to grow at slower pace in 2011-CNPC

BEIJING, Jan 17 (Reuters) - China's total apparent oil demand will likely rise 6.2 percent this year to about 9.66 million barrels per day, slowing from 11.4-percent growth last year, a CNPC research arm has forecast.

The slower pace of growth in the world's second-largest oil user, was mostly due to a high base last year, when fuel consumption was spurred by stronger-than-expected economic expansion that has left the government having to battle 2-year-high inflation.

China will slow down adding new crude refining capacity this year, at an estimated 24.5 million tonnes, or 490,000 bpd, versus last year's addition of 640,000 bpd, company officials told Reuters, citing a company research report.

CNPC also forecast that the country would process 8.68 to 8.88 million bpd crude this year, compared with last year's 8.42 milion bpd.

The modest increase in both the new capacity and incremental crude throughput would likely force China to raise its net refined fuel imports, which in December already rose to its highest since July 2008

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China’s Crude Oil Demand to Rise 14% by 2015, PetroChina Says

By Nidaa Bakhsh - Apr 1, 2011

China’s crude oil consumption will rise 14 percent by 2015 compared with last year as additional refining capacity makes it more dependent on imports, according to PetroChina Co., the country’s biggest producer.

“The demand of crude oil in 2015 is projected to break through 500 million metric tons and it will reach 600 million tons in 2020,” according to a presentation yesterday by the company’s research department at the ARTC conference in Singapore. “Import dependence is expected to grow from 53.8 percent in 2010 to 62 percent in 2020.”

China consumed 439 million tons of crude last year and imported 236 million tons, according to the presentation. Oil imports are typically high-sulfur and heavy.

China's crude oil production challenges

March 30, 2012

Chinese oil output peaked at around 4.3m b/d in early 2011 and fell back to nearly 3.9m b/d by late last year. Although output flows have recovered somewhat, production remains roughly 200,000 b/d lower than a year ago, the biggest annual drop in more than 15 years, according to industry estimates.

The fall explains in part why China is importing record amount of crude oil: Beijing now needs to fill a bigger gap between surging oil demand and falling domestic oil output. In February, China imported a record 5.95m b/d - 18.5 per cent more than a year earlier - according to official data from the country's General Administration of Customs. Domestic output has fallen 1.2 per cent in the January-February period compared to a year ago.
The import surge in early 2012 - and its impact on oil prices - underlines the importance of keeping tabs on Chinese domestic oil production.

Two factors explain the drop in Chinese production. On the one hand, Beijing state-owned oil companies are struggling to pump more from mature oilfields such as Daqing which were discovered in the 1960s. The drop is particularly important because most large Chinese onshore oilfields produce high quality low sulphur oil, or light sweet oil in the jargon of the industry, which is sought after by the country's refiners. On the other, China has been suffering from a large supply outage at a large offshore oilfield operated by ConocoPhillips.
The Penglai 19-3 field, in northern China Bohai Bay, was shut down in September after two major leaks, depriving the country from more than 150,000 b/d. After repairs, the field is slowly returning into production, with some officials saying it is now pumping about 50,000 b/d.
The recovery in Penglai, which is expected to continue in the first half of the year, would give China some breathing room, but the outlook for the country's domestic oil industry looks challenging. Oilfields such as Daqing or Shengli - the country's second largest field - will continue to produce less and less each year after 40-50 years of exploitation.
The future of Chinese oil output will depend of the success of state-owned companies exploring new offshore areas of Bohai Bay and the South China Sea, as well as onshore oil in western interior provinces such as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. New discoveries would be crucial to sustain local output and, thus, keep the gap between demand and domestic output to the minimum.

La CNOOC confirme la découverte d'un vaste champ pétrolifère

19 Avril 2012

La China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), le plus grand producteur chinois de pétrole offshore, a indiqué mardi que le gisement Penglai 9-1 situé dans l'est de la mer de Bohai était le plus grand découvert dans cette région depuis plusieurs années.

L'annonce de la CNOOC intervient après que des tests ont montré que l'un des puits d'évaluation de ce gisement produisait environ 700 barils de brut quotidiens.

Ce champ pétrolifère, découvert par la CNOOC en 2010, est situé dans l'est de la mer de Bohai, où la profondeur moyenne est de 25 mètres.

Li Fanrong, PDG de la CNOOC, a déclaré que l'évaluation fructueuse du champ pétrolifère marque le lancement d'une nouvelle phase d'exploration et de développement pour l'est de la mer de Bohai. Il ajoute que ce gisement contribuera à maintenir et accroître la production de pétrole de la région.

Source: xinhua