The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the Fifteenth Five‑Year Plan for oil and gas development, directing sustained development investment intensity to support new capacity and accelerate scale‑efficient exploitation of deep and ultra‑deep oil and gas. The plan prioritises breakthroughs in unconventional resources, speeding reserve mobilisation and development to achieve scale efficiencies in shale oil, shale gas and deep coalbed methane. It

The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the Fifteenth Five‑Year Plan for oil and gas development, directing sustained development investment intensity to support new capacity and accelerate scale‑efficient exploitation of deep and ultra‑deep oil and gas. The plan prioritises breakthroughs in unconventional resources, speeding reserve mobilisation and development to achieve scale efficiencies in shale oil, shale gas and deep coalbed methane. It mandates a marine oil and gas enhancement programme to lift marine output‑equivalent to the 100‑million‑tonne level, an old‑field stabilisation programme to sustain long‑term production at mature fields such as Daqing and Shengli, and accelerated commissioning and production at new fields including Bayannur and Jilantai.