China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) SWOT and PESTLE Analysis

Strength

1. China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier with dominant position in the domestic upstream sector: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is the largest integrated energy company in China. Its business activity spans across oil and gas operations, oilfield services, engineering and construction, equipment manufacturing, financial services and new energy development. CNPC is dominant in the upstream sector in China and produced 162.98 million metric tons (mmt) of oil and 121.30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in 2016. It also ranked an impressive fourth on the global Fortune list as of 2017.

2. Established pipeline infrastructure: CNPC and invested in and developed a strong pan-china network of oil and natural gas pipelines. As of 2016, the company has a domestic pipeline mileage of 81,191 km which includes 18,897 km of crude oil pipeline, 51,734 km of natural gas pipeline and 10,560 km of pipeline for oil products. CNPC operated 14,507 kilometers of overseas oil and gas pipelines in total which also involves 6,604 kilometers of crude pipelines and 7,903 kilometers of the pipelines for natural gas, as of 2016, that transported 4.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 25.93 million tons of crude oil over the year. In the downstream segment, CNPC has a network of 20,000 fuel stations within China.

3. Fast developing domestic and global footprint with major strategic investments: CNPC has allied with the international partners to rummage and expand gas and oil resources in China. Many of the joint programs concentrated on reservoirs of low-permeability, tidal and shallow water zones, heavy oil, high-pressure and high-temperature gas reservoirs, sour gas, shale gas and CBM. By the end of 2016, CNPC functioned in more than 30 countries. To be precise, there exist 49 cooperation programs in 19 countries along the Belt and Road routes that have become the major source of the company’s gas and oil production and revenue outside China. The company had significant Exploration and Development projects in Turkmenistan, Sudan, Chad and Brazil. CNPC has oil and gas Production projects in Central Asia and Russia; Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador in Latin America; Iraq, Iran, Oman and UAE in Middle East; Sudan and Chad in Africa; Australia and Canada.

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Political

">1. Government crackdown on organizational corruption across Chinese state owned companies: Corruption is widely rampant in China and can be associated with the idea of ‘guanxi’ which perceives the close relations to be detrimental to a flourishing business. China has formulated a new anti-corruption agency which can examine any government worker in the country. Bo Qiliang, the Vice President of PetroChina, a subsidiary of CNPC was expelled from his position in 2014 and was detained by the authorities who kept him held from leaving the country. Again, more than 120 officials from both CNPC and its subsidiaries were taken into investigation for the supposed corruption. The widespread crackdown on corruption may help in making CNPC more profitable and efficient.

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Social

Technological

">1. Greater awareness amongst people on environmental pollution: According to the 2016 statistics, China accounted for one-third of the world’s total emission of carbon – having boosted its financial growth before through heavy usage of coal in industrial departments. However there is increasing awareness amongst people on environmental pollution and thus they are open to seeking alternative energy sources such as solar power. This may reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in the future. Companies such as CNPC also need to pursue innovation and investments in renewables to remain relevant in the longer term.

">2. Increasing popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles in China: Chinese are open to adopting electric and hybrid cars to reduce emissions and oil dependence. In 2017, Chinese automakers produced 680, 000 all-electric buses, car and trucks, more than the whole of the world put together. Furthermore, China unleashed more than 200,000 all-electric commercial vehicles last year, when it comes to the heaviest polluters like trucks and buses, leading to about 5% of the total production. China is the pioneer of the mass development of public charging piles with 214,000 already in operation towards the closure of 2017. There are places where people can charge up their cars anytime and are in extra alongside those 232,000 private charging piles installed Chinese electric car owners' own houses.

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Environmental

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