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YEREVAN, Armenia, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec" or "the Company") released its first Global Biodiversity Conservation Report at the closing ceremony of the China Pavilion during the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 29. The report outlines Sinopec’s approach to integrating biodiversity protection into corporate governance, industrial operations, and international projects and highlights its conservation initiatives that cover habitat restoration, wildlife protection, and technological innovation.
Sinopec Releases Its First Global Biodiversity Conservation Report at COP17 in Armenia
Zhong Ren, a director with Sinopec Group, attended the event and delivered remarks that emphasized the Company’s commitment to balancing energy development with environmental conservation. He noted that Sinopec’s biodiversity initiatives reflect its efforts to support international energy cooperation while reducing the environmental impact of its operations. A representative from Sinopec’s Brand Department also presented the report and outlined the Company’s biodiversity management framework and conservation achievements.
Sinopec incorporates biodiversity considerations into its health, safety and environment (HSE) management system and applies conservation requirements throughout project planning, construction, operations, and decommissioning. The report details the Company’s approach to avoiding ecologically sensitive areas and restoring habitats affected by industrial activities. By the end of 2025, Sinopec had withdrawn 992 oil wells, 112 gas wells, and 181 water wells from operation, as well as various production and storage facilities as part of its environmental management initiatives.
Restoring habitats and protecting wildlife
Several projects demonstrate how Sinopec is adapting industrial facilities to support biodiversity. In Hubei Province, the Company closed 11 riverside oil depots and 17 terminals along the Yangtze River. The Wangjiahe oil depot terminal, which operated for 63 years, has since been transformed into a conservation education and observation center for the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise. At Sinopec’s Zhenhai refining complex in Zhejiang Province, a protected egret habitat has expanded from 2,200 to 15,000 square meters and supports a bird population of approximately 4,000. The Company has also documented the birds’ migration patterns through the industrial site. In Beijing, the Niukouyu Wetland at Yanshan Petrochemical has been transformed from an industrial wastewater treatment facility into a habitat supporting nearly 160 wild bird species.
Sinopec is also investing in technologies that are intended to reduce the environmental footprint of its operations. These include China’s first million-tonne-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) demonstration project along with a 60,000-metric-ton-per-year industrial facility that produces fully biodegradable PBST materials, designed to help address plastic pollution in agricultural environments.
Sinopec extends conservation efforts worldwide
International projects featured in the report include wildlife migration corridors near drilling operations in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, where measures help reduce disruption to elephants and lions. In Ecuador, Sinopec has restored 2.4 million square meters of rainforest vegetation and monitored over 800 plant and animal species. Along Angola’s Atlantic coast, the Company has planted more than 7,000 mangroves to support coastal ecosystem restoration. In Australia, a long-term marine turtle management program has used acoustic tagging and satellite tracking to monitor 47 green sea turtles and inform measures to reduce disturbances from maritime operations.
Moving forward, Sinopec will continue to expand international cooperation and strengthen biodiversity conservation across its global operations.
About SINOPEC
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") is one of China’s largest integrated energy and chemical companies. Its businesses span oil and gas exploration and production, refining, petrochemicals, fuels marketing and distribution, and research and development. Sinopec also advances lower-carbon energy technologies and solutions. For more information, visit SINOPEC’s official website.
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