page_title: China National Offshore Oil Corporation
hierarchical_section_title: China National Offshore Oil Corporation
caption_attribution_description: English: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) headquarters building (on right), designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, in Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing.
context_page_description: China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group, is one of the largest national oil companies in China. It is the third-largest national oil company in the People's Republic of China, after CNPC and China Petrochemical Corporation. 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 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.
context_section_description: China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group (Chinese: 中国海洋石油总公司 Pinyin: Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī), is one of the largest national oil companies in China. It is the third-largest national oil company in the People's Republic of China, after CNPC (parent of PetroChina) and China Petrochemical Corporation (parent of Sinopec).  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.
caption: The company headquarters in Beijing was opened in 2006
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