China

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Sinopec Group have jointly bid between US$1.5bn-US$2.5bn for Petro-Tech Peruana, according to a China-based industry official.... 2008-08-19

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has announced a new oil and gas discovery in the Yellow River Mouth Sag of Bohai Bay.

A senior Iraqi delegation is set to visit China towards the end of August 2008 with the aim of finalising a deal for the development of the Ahdab field, 160km south-east of Baghdad.... 2008-08-11

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has announced that its subsidiary PetroChina has completed the upgrade of the Dalian refinery in China's northern province of Liaoning.... 2008-08-08

Turkmenistan has made a large new gas condensate discovery in the Karakum desert, according to a report in Reuters quoting state-run news agency Turkmen Khabarlary.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has made an approach to UK-listed Imperial Energy.

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's largest integrated oil and gas company, has announced that it will cut its workforce by 5% over three years.

On May 11 2008, China and Venezuela agreed to build a new refinery in China's southern province of Guangdong. It was said that the refinery would be equipped to process heavy oil... 2008-07-25

China's Citic Resources Holdings is considering making a US$10bn bid for Australian producer Origin Energy's coal bed methane (CBM) assets, according to a report in the South... 2008-07-24

China has told US major ExxonMobil to withdraw from an exploration deal with Vietnam in the South China Sea, claiming that the blocks under contract are in Chinese waters and therefore... 2008-07-22