China

South African coal-to-oil specialist Sasol will in 2008 invest ZAR12bn out of an ZAR50bn three-year programme aimed at production growth, with an initial ZAR300mn being used to... 2008-03-11

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of partly-privatised PetroChina, is aiming to increase annual sales revenues to US$378bn by 2020, establishing... 2008-03-10

Asia's biggest oil refining company, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), has agreed to buy 60% of Australian group AED Oil's Puffin and Talbot ventures in the... 2008-03-10

Former Chinese upstream oil and gas specialist China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) aims to boost its refining capacity five-fold by 2020 as it drives towards greater... 2008-03-07

According to state-controlled Chinese oil major PetroChina, the country's natural gas production may treble to between 150bn and 200bn cubic metres (bcm) over the next 10 years,... 2008-03-05

The signing of a US$16bn contract between Iran and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) to develop Iran's North Pars gas field has been delayed, according to a spokesman... 2008-02-27

State-controlled China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), Asia's biggest oil refiner, plans to raise CNY30bn (US$4.2bn) through a bond issue in order to finance a major... 2008-02-18

Qatar LNG Company (Qatargas) and Royal Dutch Shell are holding negotiations with PetroChina over long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales to China from the Qatargas... 2008-02-15

Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has announced an asset swap with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) for interests in Myanmar.

China has expressed interest in joining the Iran-Pakistan pipeline project if India pulls out, according to a report in Pakistan's Daily Times.