6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of November 2020

Commission File Number 1-14966

CNOOC Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

65th Floor

Bank of China Tower

One Garden Road

Central, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	CNOOC Limited
By:	/s/ Xiaonan Wu
Name:	Xiaonan Wu
Title:	Joint Company Secretary

Date: November 20, 2020

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Announcement entitled "Poll Results of Extraordinary General Meeting Held on 20 November 2020"

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)

 (Stock Code: 00883)

POLL RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 HELD ON 20 NOVEMBER 2020

The extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) was held at Island Shangri-La Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong on 20 November 2020 at 3:00 p.m., at which the ordinary resolution in relation to the Supplemental Agreement and the amendments to the Existing Non-compete Undertaking contemplated thereunder was duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll.

References are made to the Notice of EGM and the Circular regarding the Supplemental Agreement and the amendments to the Existing Non-compete Undertaking contemplated thereunder of CNOOC Limited (the “Company”) dated 20 October 2020 (the “Notice and Circular”). Unless otherwise specified in this announcement, terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Notice and Circular.

POLL RESULTS AT THE EGM

The EGM was held at Island Shangri-La Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong on 20 November 2020 at 3:00 p.m., at which the ordinary resolution in respect of the Supplemental Agreement and the amendments to the Existing Non-compete Undertaking contemplated thereunder was duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll.

As at the date of the EGM, the total number of Shares in issue was 44,647,455,984. As explained in the Circular, OOGC, CNOOC BVI and their respective associates were required to, and did, abstain from voting in relation to the ordinary resolution in respect of the Supplemental Agreement and the amendments to the Existing Non-compete Undertaking contemplated thereunder. As at the date of the EGM, OOGC, CNOOC BVI and their respective associates held in aggregate 28,772,727,273 Shares. Accordingly, the total number of Shares entitling the Independent Shareholders to attend and vote on the ordinary resolution at the EGM was 15,874,728,711 representing approximately 35.6% of the total number of Shares in issue. There were no Shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour at the EGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules.

The vote-taking at the EGM was scrutinised by representatives from Hong Kong Registrars Limited. The results of the poll at the EGM were as follows:

Ordinary Resolution	Number of votes (%)
	For	Against
1. To approve the Supplemental Agreement and the amendments to the Existing Non-Compete Undertaking contemplated thereunder	10,426,054,215 (97.438403%)	274,094,742 (2.561597%)

By Order of the Board

CNOOC Limited

Wu Xiaonan

Joint Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 20 November 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the	Non-executive Directors
Board comprises:	Wang Dongjin  (Chairman)
	Li Yong (Vice Chairman)
	Wen Dongfen
Executive Directors	Independent Non-executive Directors
Xu Keqiang	Chiu Sung Hong
Hu Guangjie	Lawrence J. Lau
	Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius
	Qiu Zhi Zhong