China National Petroleum Corp(CNPC), the parent company of PetroChina, said its overseas crude output reached 60.23 mln tons in 2007, a record high.

The company, China's top oil and gas producer, had overseas crude output of 59.14 mln tons in 2006.

In Sudan, Block 1/2/4 produced 13.5 mln tons last year and Block 3/7 produced 10.02 mln tons.

CNPC's PetroKazakhstan venture in Kazakhstan also produced over 10 mln tons of crude last year, the company said, without providing comparative figures.