Overview
- CNOOC holds 100% ownership of the Xijiang Oilfields 24 Block and serves as the operator.
- The shallow-water development in the Pearl River Mouth Basin ties into nearby Huixi Oilfields facilities with a new unmanned wellhead platform.
- CNOOC plans to commission ten development wells as the field ramps to its projected plateau.
- The company says the Xijiang 24-7 platform is China’s first unmanned offshore unit for high-temperature fluid cooling and export, using temperature control to protect subsea pipelines and support steady output.
- Production is light crude, and this startup follows CNOOC’s recent Weizhou 11-4 project coming online in the Beibu Gulf Basin.