CNOOC Limited (0883.HK) Stock Price

CNOOC Limited is an oil and gas exploration and production company incorporated in Hong Kong in August 1999. Its shares began trading on the Hong Kong exchange in February 2001, with a listing in New York in the same month, and it joined the Hang Seng Index in July 2001. Today it is listed in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, and its Hong Kong stock code is 0883. Its controlling shareholder is China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC Group); it has an office in Beijing and a registered office in the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.

On its official site the company describes its main activity as the exploration, development, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas. Its offshore production areas in China are Bohai, the Western South China Sea, the Eastern South China Sea and the East China Sea; the company describes Bohai as China's main crude oil production base and the Western South China Sea as one of its important natural gas production areas. Abroad it holds assets in countries including Indonesia, Australia, Nigeria, Iraq, Brazil, Guyana and the United Arab Emirates, with stakes in the Mero and Buzios fields in Brazil and the Stabroek block in Guyana.

Those following CNOOC stock usually watch crude oil and natural gas prices, news of new discoveries and start-ups, progress on overseas projects and the dividend policy. On the Lzzo.com CNOOC page, the price of the Hong Kong-listed shares appears with its observation time, together with a price history chart and technical indicators.