MOSCOW – China’s refiners have purchased a quarter of Russia’s Urals oil exports planned for June in the Baltic despite record high premiums for the grade due to a lack of sour barrels as result of the OPEC+ output …
Earnings from China’s oil firms are going to “look pretty ugly” in the short-term, one Bernstein analyst told CNBC on Monday.
“We’re expecting very significant losses in the first quarter for PetroChina and Sinopec as a result of the …
SINGAPORE – China’s Sinopec, expected to be the next major Chinese buyer of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), is planning to review terms of a potential $16 billion supply deal with Cheniere Energy after a sharp drop in LNG …
SINGAPORE – China has raised the volumes of its first batch of 2020 fuel export quotas by 53% from a year earlier to 27.99 million tonnes, according to a document from the Ministry of Commerce that was reviewed by …
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China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, is seeking a tariff exemption for U.S. oil being imported in coming months, sources familiar with the matter said, after Beijing late last week imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, including …
Royal Dutch Shell has entered China’s shale oil sector, signing an agreement with state-owned Sinopec to study an East China block, part of the nation’s early efforts to unlock the potentially massive unconventional resource.
China is already in …
Sinopec’s Net Profit Up Over 20% to RMB 61.6 Billion in 2018
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp plans to sign a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Cheniere Energy once China and the United States end their trade dispute, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on …
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Sinopec Oilfield Service Corp plans to cut 4,000 jobs this year due to structural overstaffing, having let go 2,000 employees in the first half, company spokesman Li Honghai said on Wednesday.
The planned lay-offs account for just under …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alaska Gasline Development Corp (AGDC) is preparing an equity offering for this summer and is open to partnering with a major energy firm on the development of …
Many international oil and gas companies have responded to the steep drop in prices since November 2014 by cutting expenditures. Companies have achieved better financial metrics by increasing efficiencies in …
Monthly oil imports to China in February were 20% higher in 2016 than the year before. The increased level of imports in February were the highest ever on a daily …
As the oil price slump continues amid OPEC’s battle to maintain market share, the group’s goal of eliminating high-cost production appears to be working, but perhaps not where OPEC had originally hoped.
Sinopec (ticker: SNP), …
During a visit to China, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi signed a memorandum …
As China looks for way to meet more of its natural gas demand domestically, it has looked to improving the economics of its own shale gas development. While China is one of four countries currently producing commercial volumes of shale …
The Chinese government announced yesterday that it will open six oil and gas blocks for private companies to explore in the Xinjiang region in northwest China. China’s Ministry of Land and Resources said …
China is considering mergers of its state-run oil companies in order to create national champions that could compete with the likes of ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) and …
China’s Ministry of Finance today announced that it will be raising the threshold for windfall taxes on oil and gas output starting January 1. The new threshold will be set at $65 a barrel, up $10 from $55 a barrel, …
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