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Largest Shareholders Increase Their Stakes in China Gas

The two largest shareholders in the natural gas distributor China Gas Holdings have quietly raised their stake in the company, a week after China Gas said it has been in advanced talks to sell a stake to China Petroleum Chemical (Sinopec) a......【More】

2013-03-13

Shale gas sector in 'urgent need of technology boost'

Commercial production of shale gas could start in China within five years, but the country has to move fast to improve its extraction technology and lower the cost, executives from major participating companies said. The potential huge shal......【More】

2013-03-12

Natural gas sparks emission hopes

But bottlenecks in availability and fueling station scarcity Responding to rising fuel prices and pollution, more cars in China are converting to natural gas, yet current market conditions are a barrier to widespread use. Last month in Hefe......【More】

2013-03-11

China to Revise Oil Pricing Mechanism to Closely Reflect Global Price Movements

China is considering to make changes to its oil pricing mechanism by both shortening the price review period and removing the price fluctuation limitation of a basket of crudes used to adjust retail oil product prices, the official Xinhua n......【More】

2013-03-08

Myanmar-China Crude Pipeline May Worsen VLCC Glut, Hit Freight Earnings

The supertanker market will face a drop in ton-mile demand when the 440,000 b/d Myanmar-China crude oil pipeline starts operations in June, inflicting more pain on a sector saddled by chronic tonnage glut and lower earnings, shipping analys......【More】

2013-03-08

Oil Rises on Brent Pipeline Closure, China Hopes

Oil rose to $111 a barrel on Tuesday, bucking a five-day losing streak, as the North Sea Brent pipeline remained closed for a third day and investors bet on strong Chinese oil demand. Gains were limited, however, by medium-term concerns suc......【More】

2013-03-07

IEA Adjusts Measure of China's Oil Demand

runs, but putting products into storage, consumption would be overestimated under the old model. Conversely if China reduced refinery runs, but drew down product stocks, the old IEA model would underestimate demand. In its new methodology t......【More】

2013-03-07

China Plans to Raise Standards Won't Affect the Probability

Chinas plan to increase fuel standards for diesel and gasoline wont affect Cnooc Ltd.s (CEO) profitability as better oil products will lead to higher prices, Cnooc Chairman Wang Yilin said Tuesday. The head of Chinas largest offshore oil pr......【More】

2013-03-06

CNPC to Spend RM7.5b on Upgrades for Cleaner Fuel

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nations biggest energy company, will spend 15 billion yuan (RM7.49 billion) to upgrade the quality of fuel it refines, general manager Zhou Jiping said. The money would allow CNPC to upgrade the sta......【More】

2013-03-06

China's CNOOC Agrees to Alter Nexen's U.S. Oil Lease - Reports

Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd has agreed to changes its oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico to quell U.S. national security concerns as a condition for U.S. approval of its $15 billion buyout of Canadas Nexen Inc. The most significant t......【More】

2013-03-05