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CNOOC vows to improve supervision after oil spills BEIJING - China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said on Saturday it will enhance supervision and assistance to ConocoPhillips China (COPC) in handling the oil spills in north Chinas Bohai Bay to make sure that COPC fully implement maritime authoritys requirements. The statement came after the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said COPC failed to meet its requirements of screening out all potential sources for oil spills and blocking leaks once and for all before the deadline of August 31. The SOA on Friday ordered COPC cease all production operations on the leaking Penglai 19-3 oil field, which is jointly owned by COPC and CNOOC, Chinas largest offshore oil and gas producer. CNOOC said it will urge COPC to work out plans to block the leaking sources as soon as possible. It also pledged to make its utmost efforts to assist COPC in better implementing the maritime authoritys requirements. The oil spill at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield, Chinas largest offshore oilfield, was first spotted in June. The oil has spread to beaches in Hebei and Liaoning provinces. The spills have been blamed for losses in the provinces tourism and aquatic farming industries. COPC, a subsidiary of US oil giant ConocoPhillips, is the operator of the Penglai 19-3 oilfield and owns a 49 percent stake. CNOOC has a 51 percent stake supervision [,sju:p?vi??n] n. 监督，管理 CNOOC abbr. 中国海洋石油总公司（China National Offshore Oil Corporation） maritime [m?ritaim] adj. 海的；海事的；沿海的；海员的 COPC 康菲石油中国有限公司 aquatic [?kw?tik] adj. 水生的；水栖的；在水中或水面进行的 Gadhafi loyalists given one week to surrender Cairo - Head of Libyas National Transitional Council (NTC) Mostafa Abdel Jalil gave cities loyal to the toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi one week to surrender, the Doha-based al-Jazeera TV reported Saturday. Jalil announced during a press conference held in Benghazi that the NTC forces will give one week to pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Bani Walid and other cities to lay down th