China aims to increase domestic crude oil output to 200 million tonnes by 2020, while supply capacity for natural gas should exceed 360 billion cubic meters, according to plans published Thursday. China will add 1 billion tonnes of proven ...
“The Libra oil discovery in Brazil is one of the largest deep water oil accumulations in the world. We look forward to applying Shell’s global deep water experience and technology, to support the profitable development of this ...
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The two parties also signed a Shareholders Agreement to establish a Well Manufacturing joint venture (50% CNPC and 50% Shell) subject to further corporate and government approvals. It is intended that the joint venture will develop an ...
The two offshore oil and gas PSCs with CNOOC are for blocks 62/02 and 62/17 in the Yinggehai Basin. Shell, as operator, will apply advanced seismic acquisition and processing technologies to conduct 3D seismic data surveys in the Yinggehai ...
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China's independent refineries likely have to rely on state-owned trading companies to export oil products in 2017 as Beijing is likely to stop awarding them quotas to export directly, informed sources said Friday. "It [stopping awarding ...
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The Chinese government Tuesday refrained from adjusting retail oil product prices in line with global crude oil fluctuations for the first time in nearly three years, sending a strong signal to the market that it believes prices may have ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) holds a welcoming ceremony for Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev for the 20th China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2015. [Photo: gov.cn] China and Russia signed more than 30 ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meet the press after the 20th China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 17, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] China and Russia signed ...
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After more than doubling its strategic oil reserves since last year, China may apply the brakes to its buying spree as storage availability is expected to be limited, while a climate of depressed prices will reduce any urgency to snap up ...
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China's state-owned oil giants Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. this month started up dedicated shale gas pipelines that will facilitate deliveries from the only commercial shale gas projects in the country to date as the ...
China imported 1.98 million mt of natural gas via pipeline in March, 41.3% higher than the same month last year, detailed data from the General Administration of Customs showed Thursday. The customs department reports natural gas trade ...
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Underground natural gas storage capacity should be expanded to increase the nation's strategic energy reserves and ensure supply, said a senior official from China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec), the country's biggest refiner. Sun Jian, ...
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China this week issued the first round of oil product export quotas for 2015, with volumes totaling 9.75 million mt, industry sources said Wednesday, January 14. This is significantly more than the roughly 8 million mt of quotas that were ...
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Rising production costs and falling global crude prices are prompting Chinese oil companies to reduce output and explore other options for sustainable profit growth in the long term, a leading industry expert said on Tuesday. Part of the ...
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China's largest oilfield, the Daqing Oilfield, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province is expected to cut 1.5 million tons of output next year to stay in line with the new production schedule of the China National Petroleum Corporation ...