CNOOC won 3 national awards on the "16th National Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Achievements”.

January

Major Deep-Water Natural Gas Resources Discovered in Pearl River Mouth Basin of South ChinaSea was elected as one of the top ten results of the geological mine searching in 2009 by Geological Society of China.

Two projects of CNOOC won the silver awards while four of its projects were honored with awards of excellence on the 2nd Commending Conference of China Youth Entrepreneur Innovation Award "Shenhua Cup"jointly held in Beijing by League Work Committee of Central Enterprises, Central Enterprises Youth Federation, National Office for Science & Technology Awards and China Enterprise Confederation.

May 11

CNOOC Limited ranked 162 on "Forbes Global 2000"list by Forbes in 2010, advancing on its ranking of 246 in 2009. CNOOC Limited ranked 46 in terms of profit, 74 in terms of market value, 414 in terms of sales revenue and 578 in terms of total assets.

CNOOC gained the "Chinese Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Feats Enterprise 2009 "honor at the 2nd China Green Industry Economic Forum jointly organized by All-China Environment Federation and China Enterprise News Agency.

Zhonghai Trust was awarded as the "Trustees – excellent company"in 2009 on the 4th "Credit Trust"presentation ceremony in Shanghai.

CNOOC Marketing Company won the title of "National Model Home of Workers"granted by All China Federation of Trade Unions.

CNOOC ranked 252 on Fortune Global 500 (published by Fortune magazine) in 2010, ascended by 66 places than 318 in 2009.

SASAC released the list of Central State-owned Enterprise (SOEs) with Grade A in performance for 2009 and the examination results of the second tenure of the person-in-charge of SOEs.

CNOOC won Grade A for the sixth consecutive year and the second consecutive tenure. CNOOC was also awarded the title of "Excellent Performance Enterprise"and a special award for energy saving and emission reduction granted by SASAC.

The 8th Best Employer report 2010 was released. CNOOC was recognized as "Academician Recognized Best Employer"on the presentation ceremony held in Beijing.

Hainan 60,000t/a bio-diesel industrialization pilot project of CNOOC was honored the award of "Quality Chemical Industrial Project 2010"by the Jury of National Chemical Industry Engineering Construction Quality Award.

Zhongshan Jiaming Electric Power Co., Ltd. won the title of "National Model Home of Workers"granted by All China Federation of Trade Unions.

China Enterprise Confederation released the list of "2010 China Top 500 Enterprises"and its analysis report, on which CNOOC Limited ranked 19 with sales revenue of RMB209.57831billion in 2009.

On the International Project Management Conference of 24th IPMA held in Istanbul, Turkey, CNOOC Huizhou Oil Refining Project received the highest award from IPMA for its top score –Gold Award of Extra Large Project, the first oil refining project gaining this award.

CNOOC Research Institute won the title of "National Excellent Postdoctoral Research Station"announced by the National Postdoctoral Work Session. Since August 2002, CNOOC Research Institute has enrolled 83 post doctoral fellows, among whom 55 graduated successfully after completing their research tasks.