According to Reuters August 18, Beijing, headquartered in Houston American third largest oil company in the mainland phillips (conocophillips) under the company's subsidiary conocophillips (China) company 18, said that, as a result of China's Marine administration won approval, the company has established the recovery is located in China's part of the bohai bay well production operation, the well's oil spill accident happened in what was then the shall order it to close down.

China's Marine administration had earlier said, is China's largest offshore oil field penglai 19-3 oil field of oil spill began in June 840 square kilometers of contaminated waters.