HONG KONG (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 18, 2002--Standard and Poor's said today that its foreign currency ratings on both CNOOC Ltd. (BBB/Stable/--) and its parent, China National Offshore Oil Corp. (BBB/Stable/--), would not be affected by the recent announcement that CNOOC Ltd. has agreed to buy five oil and gas fields in Indonesia from Repsol-YPF S.A. (BBB+/Stable/A-2). The total cost of the acquisition will be about US$585 million and will be funded initially with cash. CNOOC Ltd. will have working interests ranging from 16.7% to 65.34% in the Indonesian oil and gas properties. The acquisition will boost CNOOC Ltd.'s oil and gas reserves by 10% to 1.985 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) and daily production by 17% to about