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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)

(Stock Code: 883) Voluntary Announcement

The Company has been informed that its controlling shareholder, China National Offshore Oil Corporation ("CNOOC"), received a Notice Calling for Responses from Tianjin Maritime Court of the People's Republic of China on 10 January 2012 in relation to compensation claims initiated by twenty-nine marine product culturists against ConocoPhillips China Inc. and CNOOC.
The Company has consulted its legal advisers in relation to the above matter. If there is any significant development in relation to the above matter, the Company will issue further announcements as and when required under the Listing Rules.
This announcement is made by the Company on a voluntary basis.
Reference is made to the announcements of CNOOC Limited (the "Company") dated
13 July 2011 and 4 September 2011(the "Announcements"). The Company has been informed that its controlling shareholder, China National Offshore Oil Corporation ("CNOOC"), received a Notice Calling for Responses from Tianjin Maritime Court of the People's Republic of China on 10 January 2012. Twenty-nine marine product culturists from Laoting County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, the People's Republic of China, as plaintiffs (the "Plaintiffs") have initiated legal proceedings against ConocoPhillips China Inc. and CNOOC (collectively, the "Defendants") and have claimed for compensation from the Defendants for cultivation losses incurred arising from the oil spill incident which occurred at the Peng Lai 19-3 Oilfield.
The Plaintiffs have claimed for: (1) compensation by the Defendants for losses of RMB234.5746 million in total suffered as a result of environmental pollution by the oil spill incident; (2) payment by the Defendants of evaluation fees of RMB7.0372 million in total which have been incurred by the Plaintiffs; (3) the bearing by the Defendants of the relevant litigation costs.

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The Company has consulted its legal advisers in relation to the above matter. If there is any significant development in relation to the above matter, the Company will issue further announcements as and when required under the Listing Rules.
This announcement is made by the Company on a voluntary basis.
By Order of the Board CNOOC Limited Jiang Yongzhi

Joint Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 10 January 2012
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following:

Executive Directors

Li Fanrong
Wu Guangqi
Non-executive Directors Wang Yilin (Chairman) Yang Hua (Vice Chairman) Zhou Shouwei
Wu Zhenfang

Independent Non-executive Directors

Chiu Sung Hong
Lawrence J. Lau
Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius
Wang Tao

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