Hu Weijie holds the Master’s degree of Oil and Gas Engineering in Petroleum University of China. He started his career from Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in 1999. In 2001, Hu joined CNOOC Tianjin as the D&C supervisor and later transferred to CNOOC Africa Limited as the Drilling Manager. He was promoted to Director of Deepwater Technology in D&C Dept. of CNOOC Headquarters in 2010. In 2020, he joined CNOOC International as the GM of D&C center.
In 2021, Hu joined CNOOC Uganda Limited as the Vice President. Throughout his service in CNOOC, Hu has obtained multiple awards of D&C technology progress and modern business management research, issued by CNOOC HQ, CNOOC Limited and associations of petroleum industry.