China

US-based Peabody has entered into an agreement with the government of Inner Mongolia to explore development opportunities for a coal mining and a downstream coal gasification facility... 2008-10-03

Asia's biggest oil refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Australian group AED Oil have struck oil with the Puffin-11 exploration well at the Puffin oil... 2008-09-29

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has signed a series of energy agreements with China on his fifth visit to the country since assuming office in 1999.

Chinese state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Russia's state-controlled Rosneft have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) to build a refinery in the northern... 2008-09-25

State-controlled Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and Russia's Nobel Oil have signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for the joint exploration of two onshore blocks... 2008-09-11

PetroChina has agreed with its parent company China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to buy a 50% stake in CNPC Exploration & Development in a deal worth US$11.8bn,... 2008-08-26

Following an announcement on August 21 that China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has suspended gasoline and diesel imports, the company has announced that it is... 2008-08-22