Shell signs up to explore China's shale oil potential

Sinopec hoping success will help replace falling output at Shengli conventional oilfield

Falling output: a pumpjack at Sinopec's Shengli oilfield in Dongying, Shandong province — Falling output: a pumpjack at Sinopec's Shengli oilfield in Dongying, Shandong provincePhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX

Amanda Battersby

Singapore

Shell Sinopec China Shengli Shandong

Published 10 April 2019, 12:06Updated 10 April 2019, 12:06