CNOOC's Q1 profit down 7.9% on weaker oil prices, but output grows
Singapore: Chinese offshore oil and gas major
CNOOC
Ltd's first-quarter net profit fell 7.9 per cent , weighed by weaker
oil prices
but higher output helped stem the decline.
Net income for January-March reached 36.56 billion yuan ($5.03 billion), versus 39.7 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to the company's filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
The listed arm of the state oil giant China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), reported a 4.1 per cent fall in revenue to 106.85 billion yuan in the first quarter thanks to higher output.
CNOOC Ltd's total
net production
during the period was 188.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), up 4.8 per cent on the year.
Domestic net output grew 6.2 per cent benefiting from major oilfields such as Bozhong 19-6 in the Bohai Bay, while output from the company's international operations rose 1.9, lifted by growing output at Brazil's Mero-2 and others.
CNOOC in January set its 2025 net production target at a record between 760 million and 780 million boe, or 5.6 per cent to 8.3 per cent above 2024's levels.
As one of the world's most cost-efficient offshore producers, all-in production costs for the first quarter stood at $27.03 a barrel, versus $27.59 in the corresponding period last year.
First-quarter capital spending amounted to 27.7 billion yuan, down 4.5 per cent on the year.
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