China

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is negotiating the acquisition of a 25% stake in the Pars LNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project with the Iranian... 2008-10-10

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has begun building a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Guangdong Province. China imported 3.87bn cubic metres (bcm) of... 2008-10-07

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has announced an oil and gas discovery in Bohai Bay, its fourth find in the area in 2008.

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

Oman has signed a master sale and purchase agreement (MSPA) with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) over the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to the Oman... 2008-09-22

Chinese refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) looks set to acquire Canadian explorer and producer Tanganyika Oil, beating off competition from India's state-controlled... 2008-09-22

Iran has announced that it will start purchasing gas at a floating price from Turkmenistan as of January 2009, according to state-funded PressTV.