Ocean energy will become an important driving force for social development

Recently, the 2nd China Ocean Energy Development Forum and the release of the China Ocean Energy Development Report 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the Report) were held
online.
The report pointed out that under the new situation, marine energy will become an important driving force for social development, and offshore oil and gas production has become an indispensable energy growth pole
.
The report predicts that in 2022, global investment in offshore oil and gas exploration and development will increase significantly, China's offshore oil and gas production will reach a new high, and offshore oil will contribute more than
half of the country's oil production increase.

China's dependence on oil and gas abroad is expected to decline

This year, while the overall domestic energy consumption slowed down due to the epidemic, prices and other factors, and the demand for crude oil and natural gas fell slightly, domestic oil and gas production maintained a good momentum, and China's dependence on crude oil and natural gas is expected to decline
.
The report predicts that domestic crude oil production will reach about 205 million tons in 2022, exceeding 200 million tons for the first time since 2016; it is expected that China's natural gas production will reach 221.
1 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.
5%.

The report predicts that in 2022, the proportion of coal and oil in global primary energy consumption will increase by 0.
3 percentage points, the proportion of natural gas will decrease by 0.
6 percentage points, the proportion of non-fossil energy will be basically flat, and global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will increase at a low rate to 34.
9 billion tons
.

Domestically, the report predicts that in 2022, the proportion of coal in China's energy consumption structure will rebound slightly; The proportion of oil and natural gas decreased slightly, while the proportion of non-fossil energy increased from 16.
6% in 2021 to 17.
2
%.

Ren Jingdong, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, said at the meeting that marine energy will play a more important role
in the construction of a new energy system.
In the medium and long term, offshore oil and gas resources, especially deepwater oil and gas resources, will become an important resource replacement area, effectively ensuring China's oil and gas security
.

Major breakthroughs have been made in offshore oil and gas exploration and development

This year, China has made major breakthroughs
in offshore oil and gas exploration and development.
According to the report, in 2022, CNOOC has made 7 new discoveries for exploration, successfully evaluated 20 oil-bearing structures such as Baodao 21-1, and plans to put into operation 7 new capacity projects
within the year.
The report predicts that China's offshore oil production will reach 58.
62 million tons in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 6.
9%, accounting for more than half of the country's oil production, and the Bohai Sea and the eastern part of the South China Sea are the main areas for offshore oil production; Marine natural gas production reached 21.
6 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 8.
6%, accounting for about 13%
of the increase in national natural gas production.

Wang Dongjin, chairman and secretary of the party group of CNOOC, said in his speech at the press conference that in recent years, CNOOC has actively implemented the "seven-year action plan" for increasing reserves and production, and the increase in domestic crude oil production in the past three years accounted for more than 70% of the total increase in the country.

The report predicts that China's offshore oil production is expected to exceed the 60 million ton mark next year, continuing to maintain the leading position in the country's oil production increment; Marine natural gas production is expected to exceed 23 billion cubic meters
.

The potential for renewable energy in the ocean is limitless

"In the process of accelerating the adjustment and optimization of the energy structure, all kinds of marine renewable energy will become an important path
based on China's resource endowment and actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
" Ren Jingdong said
.

Among them, offshore wind energy is becoming an important support
for the development of renewable energy in maritime countries.
The report predicts that by the end of 2022, the global installed capacity of offshore wind power connected to the grid will reach 68.
5 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 26%, accounting for about 2% of the world's total renewable energy power generation capacity, and this proportion will steadily increase
in the future.

According to the report, by the end of 2022, China's cumulative grid-connected installed capacity of offshore wind power is expected to reach 32.
5 million kilowatts, accounting for almost half
of the world.
The domestic offshore wind power industry has shown the characteristics of agglomeration development, and has initially formed industrial clusters
such as the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta.
The report predicts that in the process of promoting the large-scale, high-proportion, market-oriented and high-quality development of renewable energy in China, the proportion of offshore wind energy in electricity generation in coastal provinces is expected to increase from the current 2% to nearly 20%
by 2050.

In addition, marine energy such as tidal energy and wave energy, as well as emerging marine energy sources such as marine combustible ice, marine solar energy, marine hydrogen energy, and marine biomass energy, have also received more attention
.
(Wen Jing)