China's crude oil output reached a record high of 215 million tons in 2025, with significant production growth at the country's major oil and gas fields.
China's first oil base, the Yumen Oilfield, saw its oil and gas production equivalent returning to over 1 million tons in 2025, with the newly installed capacity of renewable energy exceeding 1 million kilowatts.
The annual oil and gas production equivalent of China's largest desert oilfield -- the Hade-Fuman Oilfield located in northwest China's Taklimakan Desert -- surpassed 5 million tons, setting a new historical record.
"We have developed over 10 oil and gas blocks in the Fuman Oilfield. Through exploration and development, we have confirmed continuous oil-bearing strata along fault zones below 7,500 meters in the Taklamakan Desert, solidifying the theoretical basis for ultra-deep oil and gas production," said Wang Xiaopeng, executive director of the Hade Oil and Gas Production Management Area of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Tarim Oilfield Branch.
The Daniudi and Dongsheng gas fields located in northwest China's Ordos Basin, operated by Sinopec, have cumulatively produced over 70 billion cubic meters of natural gas, marking a milestone in China's large-scale, efficient development of tight sandstone gas reservoirs.
In north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, CNPC's Bayan Oilfield saw its 2025 crude oil output top 5 million tons, representing a new breakthrough in developing China's deepest continental clastic rock oil reservoir.
At the Puguang Gas Field in southwest China's Sichuan Basin, which is the largest integrated high-sulfur gas field discovered in Paleozoic marine strata in the country, the cumulative natural gas production topped 140 billion cubic meters in the year.
The gas field is part of the Sinopec Zhongyuan Oilfiel. The latter's annual oil and gas production equivalent has exceeded 8 million tons, setting a new record since the start of China's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).
"During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), we successfully secured five 10-million-ton-grade crude oil reserves and three 100-billion-cubic-meter-grade natural gas reserves. The proven reserves have therefore doubled, guaranteeing energy security for socioeconomic development in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Economic Belt," said Wang Yujun, manager of the Oil and Gas Exploration Management Department of Sinopec Zhongyuan Oilfield.
Latest statistics indicate that China's oil and gas production in 2025 showed a trend of stable oil output and increased gas production. While crude oil output hit 215 million tons, natural gas production expanded rapidly to 260 billion cubic meters, with offshore and ultra-deep oil and gas fields becoming the primary growth drivers.
China sees record oil output in 2025
