The ex-general manager of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) had quit his position at PetroChina, where he was the second-highest ranking official, in March amid the graft probe.
The Communist Party said he has now been thrown out of the party and will be prosecuted for taking bribes, using his position to help with job promotions and adultery.
"Liao Yongyuan was a senior party official, and seriously violated the party's political rules and the organisation's discipline," the party wrote in a statement.
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