CNOOC eyes $29bn Qatar LNG project to aid Xi's CO2 target

Chinese state-owned oil major 'very interested' in joining venture

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Cultivating new sources of natural gas has become CNOOC's strategic imperative since President Xi Jinping openly pledged last September that the country will go carbon neutral by 2060. © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- CNOOC, the Hong Kong-listed arm of one of China's three major state-owned oil and gas producers, indicated keen interest Thursday in joining a Qatari liquefied natural gas project that ranks as the world's largest.

Chief Financial Officer Xie Weizhi told reporters at an online quarterly performance briefing that the Chinese company is "of course, very interested in the investment opportunity in Qatar."

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