Sources: PetroChina's Former Indonesia Chief Under Investigation

Asked to comment, Indonesia's energy regulator SKKMigas said Wei had to leave because his visa had been extended too many times for someone in that role in the country's oil sector.

Spokesman Elan Biantoro said the regulator was aware PetroChina had appointed Xue as its new general manager for Indonesia.

A corporate communications manager at PetroChina's Indonesian unit in Jakarta said she could not provide immediate comment.

SKKMigas has been rocked by its own corruption scandal, with a recent investigation into its former chief.

Widespread Investigation

Beijing stunned the Chinese energy industry in late August and early September with announcements that five former top executives at PetroChina and CNPC were being investigated for "serious discipline violations", shorthand generally used to describe graft.

The executives included Jiang Jiemin, former chairman of both entities, and Wang Yongchun, who was vice president of CNPC in charge of China's largest oil field of Daqing in the country's northeast.

Authorities have given no further details on the alleged wrongdoing of the five, but the investigations suggest President Xi Jinping wants to tackle graft in an industry that ranks as one of the most powerful corners of China's state-owned corporate sector.


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