Three more CNPC officials under investigation
The senior executives at the mainland's largest oil and gas firm are being investigated by party authorities for alleged disciplinary abuses
Three more senior executives of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's largest oil and gas firm and parent of listed PetroChina, are under investigation by Beijing authorities for alleged violations of discipline.
They include the head of its largest gas field in the north, Changqing.
CNPC vice general manager Li Hualin, vice-president and Changqing general manager Ran Xinquan, and PetroChina chief geologist Wang Daofu are being investigated, Xinhua reported, citing the State Council's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
The report did not elaborate on the nature of the allegations.
Speculation is rife that Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the party's supreme Politburo Standing Committee and a former CNPC general manager, may be a target of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive, with a few of his former aides under investigation.
In a statement, PetroChina said Li, who was its board secretary and a vice-president besides his role in CNPC, Ran, an executive director and vice-president, and Wang, were under investigation by "relevant" authorities.
It said the three men resigned from PetroChina with immediate effect, "due to personal reasons".
