CNOOC Huizhou oil fields resume run after typhoon

BEIJING - China CNOOC Ltd said its offshore Huizhou oil fields had resumed normal production after being forced to shut down for almost seven months by a typhoon last year.
The Huizhou oil fields are producing about 45,000 barrels of oil and over 40 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, CNOOC said in a statement published on its company website www.cnooc.com.cn.
The oilfields were shut on September 14 because of Typhoon Koppu, which damaged its single-point mooring system and forced the evacuation of its floating production and storage facility.
"The fast resumption of operation will be a great support for CNOOC to meet its 2010 production target," CNOOC president Yang Hua said in the statement.
The fields, consisting of eight platforms such as Huizhou 26-1 and Huizhou 19-2, are jointly operated by CACT group Italy's Eni and US major Chevron Corp .
Huizhou 21-1 gas fields, operated by the same foreign oil group, began pumping at the pre-storm level of 45 million cubic feet per day on October 5 after the typhoon.
The Huizhou oil and gas fields were located near the mouth of the Pearl River in the South China Sea, 120 miles southeast of Hong Kong.