China

Sinopec/ENN will likely have to raise their US$2.2bn offer for China Gas Holdings if they are to tempt some of the company's largest shareholders - who continue to resist a takeover... 2012-01-03

BMI View: Reports that China is experiencing diesel shortages in the south of the country are a clear indication that the authorities' current policy aimed at curbing inflation and... 2011-12-16

China's state-run oil and gas company Sinopec has teamed up with gas distributor ENN Energy Holdings to launch an acquisition bid for Hong Kong-based distributor China Gas Holdings,... 2011-12-13

APLNG is set for a FID on its second train after lining up another major supply deal with China's Sinopec.

If it was a shale gale that transformed the US natural gas market, and may be doing the same to the country's oil market, then there is still little more than a breeze blowing in China.... 2011-12-08

Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, while on a state visit to China on November 23 2011, signed an agreement that will boost gas export volumes by 25bn cubic metres (bcm)... 2011-11-23

China's October oil demand figures may overestimate a slowdown in consumption because of seasonal refinery maintenance and unscheduled outages. We expect demand to bounce back in November.... 2011-11-10

France's GDF Suez has formalised an August 2011 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Investment Corporation (CIC) sovereign wealth fund, and has gone a step further in establishing... 2011-11-01

France's GDF Suez has formalised an August 2011 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Investment Corporation (CIC) sovereign wealth fund, and has gone a step further in establishing... 2011-11-01

PetroChina faces steep losses in its refining business this year as Beijing maintains fuel prices at artificially low levels in an effort to fight high inflation. Reforms to the pricing... 2011-10-20