CNOOC Limited announced that Mr. Xu Keqiang has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has been re-designated from Executive Director of the Company to Non-executive Director. Mr. Zhou Xinhuai has been appointed as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer. The aforementioned changes take effect from 28 April 2022.

Mr. Zhou Xinhuai was appointed as the General Manager of CNOOC (China) Limited Hainan Branch and Chairman and General Manager of Hainan Energy Co. Ltd., from March 2021 to March 2022. He was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of the CNOOC Group from March 2022.