China

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has successfully brought the Xijiang (XJ) 23-1 oil field in the South China Sea onstream.

South Korea's Daewoo International has signed a deal to supply China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) with natural gas from its fields in Myanmar.

China has announced a dramatic decision to slash subsidies on oil and electricity, despite fears that the move could add upside risk to the country's already high inflation level,... 2008-06-20

Japanese news agency Kyodo News has reported that Japan and China have agreed to jointly explore for natural gas in the disputed East China Sea.

Asia's biggest oil refiner, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), has completed the acquisition of 60% of Australian group AED Oil's Puffin and Talbot ventures... 2008-06-18

The construction of a new 30bn cubic metre (bcm) natural gas pipeline across Uzbekistan to China will begin in H208, according to a statement by Nurmohammad Ahmadov, the chairman... 2008-06-17

French major Total has been actively developing its presence in China, having secured a deal to supply China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) with liquefied natural gas (LNG)... 2008-06-17

South African mining and chemicals group Sasol and Chinese state-owned coal mining conglomerate Shenhua Group have announced plans for a joint venture (JV) in China to produce motor... 2008-06-16

China's Shenhua Group is building a major coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant at Erdos in Inner Mongolia.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and South Korea's Daewoo International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore for oil and gas in Myanmar.... 2008-05-30