(Oil Price) – Billions of barrels of Venezuela’s oil claimed by major state-owned Chinese and Russian companies under current deals are now in doubt following the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley. Oil giant and top Asian refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, is entitled to as many as 2.8 billion of barrels under
From Reuters A Venezuelan oil joint venture with a state-owned Chinese company has started an expansion project to boost output to 165,000 barrels per day (bpd), President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday, from a current capacity of 110,000 bpd. Sinovensa, owned by PDVSA subsidiary Venezuelan Petroleum Corp (CVP) and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), produces extra-heavy Orinoco crude and blends
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (ticker: LNG) has entered into two LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPA) with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Under the SPAs with Cheniere’s subsidiaries, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC and Cheniere Marketing International LLP, CNPC subsidiary PetroChina International Company Limited will purchase approximately 1.2 million tons per annum of LNG, with a portion of the supply beginning in
CNPC reports profit of $12.7 billion for full-year 2015 China’s largest oil and gas producer, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), reported its full-year 2015 profit, showing a 52% decline year-over-year. The company reported $12.7 billion in total profit for the year, reports Shanghai Daily, and revenues of $308 billion, down 26% from 2014. The company produced 260 million metric tons
Sale of major Rosneft stake to CNPC signals strengthening ties between China and Russia China National Petroleum Corp. Deputy Chief Executive Wang Zhongcai said the company is interested in purchasing a stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil company. The sale would strengthen the ties between the two countries, which have increasingly been working together on energy projects. Russia needs the
No details available yet on timing or size of IPO China National Petroleum Corp., the country’s largest oil and gas producer, is looking to spin off its oilfield service sector as part of the ongoing process to overhaul the world’s second largest economy. During an industry conference held in Houston this week, CNPC Chairman Wang Yilin said that the company
Delays in natural gas supplies force offices and public buildings to turn down the thermostat Offices, malls, supermarkets and other buildings in Beijing have been told to lower their heat to no higher than 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit) in response to a shortage of natural gas. Fog and wind have delayed unloading tankers filled with liquefied natural gas
BP strengthens ties with CNPC for shale exploration and fuel retailing British oil giant BP (ticker: BP) announced today that the company signed a number of deals with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the U.K. this week. In the company’s press release, BP said the two companies have entered into a framework
China looks to break oil and gas monopoly with new structure, further reforms The Chinese government is moving forward with plans to shake things up at its oil and gas monopolies. Reports say China will take the oil and gas transportation operations currently under the control of state-giants China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC; ticker: CEO), China National Petroleum Corp
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras (ticker: PBR), is the state-run oil company of Brazil and has operations in 24 countries across five continents. It is the largest producer in South America and participates in E&P, refining, trade, transportation, petrochemicals, oil distribution, electricity, biofuels, and sources of renewable energy. PBR celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 3, 2013. On October 21,
