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On February 11, the **Energy Bureau announced the top ten landmark achievements in national oil and gas exploration and development for 2025. Achievements such as record-high levels of oil and gas reserves and production, the establishment of the Ordos Basin as China’s first oil and gas production base with an output of 100 million tons, natural gas production in the Sichuan Basin exceeding 80 billion cubic meters, oceanic oil and gas production reaching 90 million tons in equivalent terms, and the full completion of pilot areas for shale oil development were included among these accomplishments. Top 10 Milestone Achievements in National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development by 2025: Significant efforts have been made to boost oil and gas exploration and development. The \"Seven-Year Action Plan\" has been successfully completed, with both oil and gas reserves and production reaching record levels. By 2025, domestic crude oil production will reach 216 million tons, setting a new record; natural gas production will exceed 260 billion cubic meters, with its equivalent amount surpassing 200 million tons for the first time. Crude oil production is advancing both on land and at sea. Older oil fields such as Daqing and Shengli focus on meticulous reservoir management and improving recovery rates to achieve long-term, efficient, and stable production, with shale oil production exceeding 8.5 million tons. The Bohai Sea oil fields remain the largest crude oil production area in the country, accounting for over 60% of the country’s total increase in marine crude oil production. Natural gas production combines conventional and unconventional methods; output from the Ordos Basin, Sichuan Basin, and offshore areas has seen rapid growth. The share of unconventional natural gas in total production has risen to 42%, thus serving as a strategic alternative source of natural gas resources. From 2019 to 2025, the country added a total of over 10 billion tons of proven oil reserves and 10 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves, thereby strengthening the foundation for sustained stable production. Crude oil production remained above 200 million tons for four consecutive years, while natural gas production increased by over 10 billion cubic meters for nine consecutive years, exceeding the targets set out in the seven-year action plan aimed at boosting oil and gas exploration and development efforts; as a result, the country’s capacity to ensure self-sufficiency in oil and gas was further enhanced. The Ordos Basin continues to show increased production, becoming China’s first oil and gas production base with an output of 100 million tons. By 2025, the oil and gas output from this basin is expected to exceed 100 million tons; crude oil production will remain above 38 million tons for two consecutive years, while natural gas production will be close to 80 billion cubic meters. This further strengthens the foundation for developing this energy super-basin. In the Huanjiang area of China National Petroleum Corporation, new proven petroleum geological reserves of tight oil of types Chang 8 and Chang 6 amount to 80.4 million tons, which is equivalent to the discovery of an additional medium-sized oil field. In areas such as Binchang in southern Hubei, Fuxian, and the western part of Mahuangshan, the estimated resource volume of tight oil of type Chang 7 exceeds 100 million tons, while the Xunyi exploration area in southern Hubei continues to see an increase in its reserve volume. Another breakthrough has been achieved in the exploration of coal and gas resources from the Paleozoic era (deep coalbed methane). New proven geological reserves of nearly 500 billion cubic meters have been identified in areas such as Mizhi–Shenmu, Jiaxian, Sanjiao North, Daji, Yichuan, and Linxing, bringing the total proven geological reserves to nearly one trillion cubic meters and thus strengthening the foundation for large-scale production. Oil and gas production has remained stable and continued to grow. The cumulative output of shale oil from PetroChina’s Changqing Oilfield has exceeded 20 million tons; Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum has also maintained stable and increasing crude oil production at over 10 million tons per year. The Sulige gas field operated by CNPC has maintained a production volume of 30 billion cubic meters for four consecutive years; the capacity expansion of the Daji gas field, which produces coalbed methane, has accelerated, with daily production exceeding 10 million cubic meters – this opening up a new area for increasing the reserves and production of unconventional natural gas in China. The Danoudi and Dongsheng gas fields operated by Sinopec have maintained a stable production level of 5 billion cubic meters for five consecutive years; CNOOC’s Zhonglian Company has produced over 3 billion cubic meters of unconventional gas. Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum has completed a project to double its production capacity to 15 billion cubic meters, with the increase in natural gas production expected to account for half of that in the Ordos Basin by 2025. Rapid increase in natural gas production in the Sichuan Basin contributes to the development of a natural gas production base with a capacity of 100 billion cubic meters. By 2025, the natural gas output of the Sichuan Basin is expected to exceed 80 billion cubic meters, accounting for over 40% of the country’s total output. Of this amount, about 27 billion cubic meters will come from shale gas, which will play a key role in establishing a natural gas production base in Sichuan and Chongqing with a capacity of 100 billion cubic meters. The Southwest Oil and Gas Field of CNPC has established the first atmospheric reservoir in the southwest region with a capacity of 50 billion cubic meters, and created China’s first deep shale gas reserve area with a volume of one trillion cubic meters. Both conventional gas reserves from the Permian period in central Sichuan and unconventional gas reserves have seen significant increases in volume; unconventional gas accounts for 42% of the total gas production, marking a strategic shift from a model dominated by conventional gas to one in which conventional and unconventional resources work together. Sinopec has discovered the first Permian shale gas field in China. Advances continue to be made in the assessment of ultra-deep Cambrian shale gas resources in southern Sichuan. The marine high-sulfur gas fields in Puguang and Yuanba in northeastern Sichuan have maintained production levels of over 10 billion cubic meters for nine consecutive years, while shale gas production has also remained at around 10 billion cubic meters for five consecutive years. Significant progress has been made in increasing oil and gas reserves and production in marine areas, with the equivalent output reaching 90 million tons. By 2025, marine crude oil production is expected to exceed 66 million tons, while natural gas production will be around 30 billion cubic meters; the equivalent output of oil and gas will thus reach 90 million tons. The role of offshore energy sources as a vital asset is becoming increasingly prominent, serving as an important force in driving the development of strong maritime and energy nations. In terms of exploration. In the Bohai Sea area, three medium- to large-sized oil fields—Qinhuangdao 29-6, Longkou 25-1, and Caofeidian 22-3—have been discovered in the shallow lithology zone. Among them, the proven reserves of the Qinhuangdao 29-6 oil field have reached the hundred-million-ton level, while Longkou 25-1 is the conventional oil field with the largest annual reserve increment in China. In the deep-to-ultra-deep range, the first Mesozoic volcanic rock gas field in the Bohai Sea was discovered – the Bozhong 8-3 South Gas Field. In the offshore waters of the South China Sea, the Lufeng 13-8 oil field was discovered in the Pearl River Delta basin – the first deep-large to medium-sized lithological oil field in the South China Sea. In terms of development. “Projects such as the second phase of Deep Sea No.1 and the secondary development of the Liuhua oil field have been fully completed and put into operation. The annual oil and gas production equivalent of the Bohai Sea Oil Field, the largest offshore oil field, has for the first time exceeded 40 million tons. By 2025, the production volume of the Qianhai-1 gas field is expected to exceed 5 billion cubic meters; the oil and gas equivalent output of the gas fields surrounding Hainan Island will surpass 10 million tons, doubling the level recorded at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The **-level demonstration areas for shale oil have been fully established, marking a new stage in the shale oil revolution. By 2025, the three continental shale oil **-level demonstration areas in Jimsar in Xinjiang, Gulong in Daqing, and Jiyang in Shengli will be fully operational. Thanks to breakthroughs in key technologies, shale oil production can be increased at an accelerated pace, helping to raise the country’s total crude oil output to its highest level ever. In the Jimsar demonstration area of Xinjiang, efforts to overcome technical challenges have led to the development of over 30 core technologies, including those for “gold target identification” and “wide-area support fracturing.” Various measures have been taken to improve production efficiency, resulting in an annual output of 1.7 million tons. In the Gulong demonstration area of Daqing, fundamental theories such as “in-situ enrichment of continental shale oil” were developed, enabling continuous expansion of the oil reserves in the Qingshankou formation; the total proven geological reserves exceed 300 million tons, with an annual output of over 1 million tons. The Jiyang demonstration area in Shengli introduced an innovative theory regarding the “reservoir-fracture-pressure” triad in continental fault basin shale oil. Multi-level, hierarchical development methods have progressed from the stage of technical verification to that of large-scale production, with the cumulative output per well reaching record levels, attaining 700,000 tons per year. Deep-earth exploration wells reaching depths of 10,000 meters keep setting records, driving progress in \"deep-earth engineering\". By 2025, the oil and gas industry will be implementing the strategy of \"exploring deeper into the Earth,\" and significant advances have been made in deep-earth scientific exploration projects of this kind. CNPC successfully completed drilling of Well Tako-1 in the deep areas of the Tarim Basin, reaching a completion depth of 10,910 meters – marking the first discovery of oil and gas at such a great depth. Well Chuanke-1 was drilled in the Sichuan Basin; its current drilling depth exceeds 10,000 meters, setting a record for the largest-diameter well at this depth in the world. Xinjiang Huying Company is actively advancing the exploration and development of deep-seated resources; it drilled Well Xinan-1 in the Junggar Basin as a risk exploration well, with a completion depth exceeding 10,000 meters. As the main site for \"deep earth engineering,\" the Tarim Basin continues to see new advances in exploration and development. Well Keshen 20, located in the pre-mountain belt of China’s Tarim Oil Field, has produced high volumes of gas; the exploration and evaluation of 8 gas reservoirs including Keshen 31 and Bozi 13 have resulted in an increase in reserves of 100 billion cubic meters. The oil and gas production equivalent of the Fuman Oil Field has exceeded 4.6 million tons for the first time, while the production of the Bozi-Dabei Gas Field has surpassed 10 billion cubic meters for the first time as well. Sinopec’s Northwest Oilfield has opened up a new exploration area beneath the weathered crust in Tahe, where drilling at Sha 114-2 yielded high yields of hundreds of tons, thus accelerating the implementation of the strategy to explore areas beyond fault zones. The development of the Shunbei ultra-deep oil and gas field has seen a shift from volatile oil reservoirs to condensate gas reservoirs, with production equivalent reaching 3.24 million tons by 2025. The technological equipment used in oil and gas engineering is being continuously upgraded, pushing the sector toward higher levels of sophistication. The core technical equipment used in various stages such as geophysical exploration, drilling, fracturing, and extraction is kept at the international forefront, enabling significant improvements in operational efficiency. China National Petroleum Corporation has independently developed the country’s first ultra-high-tonnage, wide-bandwidth, high-precision EV80 seismic vibrator; this vibrator is capable of generating effective seismic reflection signals at depths of 12,000 meters, thereby effectively addressing the challenges associated with weak signals, low signal-to-noise ratios, and difficulties in imaging in ultra-deep oil and gas exploration. Upgrade R&D efforts to develop China’s first automated drilling rig for wells at a depth of 15,000 meters, and apply innovative technologies for deep-well testing and reservoir modification at depths of over 10,000 meters. Sinopec has independently developed the Yinglong Scientific Drilling System (Idrilling) 1.0, enabling intelligent coordination throughout the entire drilling process; it has also upgraded hybrid drill bits capable of withstanding temperatures up to 245°C as well as screw drills with a long service life in high-temperature conditions, thereby breaking the foreign monopoly on high-temperature drilling bit and tool technologies. CNOOC has built the first integrated electric-driven fracturing vessel, the \"Offshore Oil 696\", whose performance parameters are among the best in the world; it has also developed its own optical fiber connectors for umbilical cables at a depth of 3,000 meters, with engineering skills that rank among the top three in the world. CNOOC’s “Deep Sea No.1” sets a benchmark for leading intelligent factories. CNOOC’s Hainan branch is making every effort to drive the digital transformation of the “Deep Sea No.1” gas field, creating a virtual twin of the production site to optimize operations. By 2025, it was included in the **first list of factories designated as “leading intelligent factories,” becoming a model example of digital transformation in China’s deep-water oil and gas sector. Based on the \"Deep Sea Tour\" integrated platform, as well as digital twins and artificial intelligence algorithms, CNOOC has developed an intelligent control system for the entire oil and gas production process that is driven by data. A total of 28 intelligent application modules have been created to cover the entire life cycle from construction to design, production, and management, which has enabled the \"Deep Sea No.1\" platform to become the world’s first semi-submersible production and storage platform at a depth of 1,500 meters, equipped with remote control capabilities. This system enables \"Deep Sea No.1\" to produce an additional 60 million cubic meters of natural gas per year, reduces energy consumption per unit of output by 40%, and increases production efficiency by 3%. The number of workers required to produce one million tons of oil and gas equivalent at this site is 28, which is more than 50% less than that in similar gas fields. It thus provides a practical model that can be applied to the efficient operation and intelligent upgrading of deep-water gas fields. Sinopec’s Shengli Oilfield innovates new models for the comprehensive utilization of clean thermal energy. Based on the concept of developing thermal energy resources within oilfields, Shengli Oilfield has created the first \"source-use-storage integrated\" clean thermal energy system in China’s oil and gas sector. By pursuing simultaneous exploration, evaluation, and extraction of oil and thermal energy, it has developed various development models and technical standards, such as the low-cost conversion of abandoned wells into geothermal wells for industrial heat generation, as well as methods for heating oil extracted from wells through the use of thermal energy. A smart management platform for clean thermal energy has been put into use, and a total of 51 projects have been completed. These projects enable an annual clean heating capacity of 3.46 million GJ, resulting in savings of 100 million cubic meters of natural gas per year. This approach achieves \"multiple sources of supply, multiple uses for one source, optimized storage and utilization, and integration between oil fields and geothermal resources,\" providing a \"Shengli model\" for the integrated development of geothermal energy and other forms of energy in older oilfields. The “Honggang Model” in the Jilin Oilfield of CNPC opens up new paths for the green transformation of old oilfields. The Jilin Oilfield of CNPC has successfully developed the “Honggang Model”; through the integrated application of technologies such as cost reduction through the use of alternative energy sources, efficiency improvement via smart management, and stable production achieved through the combination of various energy sources, by 2025 this model will be piloted in multiple areas using the Honggang Da 27 unit as a model. As a result, oil production is set to increase by 3.5 times, with a total of 27 million tons of low-grade oil reserves being utilized. Jilin Oilfield has vigorously promoted the \"Honggang Model,\" achieving an electrification rate of 35% for energy use at the end-user level. Green electricity generated for own use in exploration and development accounts for over 30%, resulting in a historic reduction in coal consumption and a clean energy substitution rate of 17%. The total energy consumption and carbon emissions of the oilfield have decreased significantly, overcoming the challenges posed by resource depletion and declining profitability in older oilfields. This approach has created a replicable model for the integrated development of oil and gas exploration with new energy sources.