Reuters SINGAPORE – Sinopec Corp pledged on Tuesday to maximise domestic gas productions and raise imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to record rates as a cold spell hitting large parts of the country this week lifts demand for the winter heating fuel. On Monday China’s central economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) urged companies to step
Reuters 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 cuts, traders said and shipping data showed. Rising demand for Russian barrels will likely make oil firms more reluctant to
CNBC 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 low oil prices,” Neil Beveridge, senior oil and gas analyst at Bernstein, told CNBC’s “Street Signs.” Both PetroChina and Sinopec are expected to post
Reuters 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 prices, industry officials said. That could delay sign-off on a deal that would help Beijing meet ambitious targets it set
Reuters 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 Reuters on Tuesday. The new quotas will be shared among five state oil companies, PetroChina, Sinopec, China National Offshore Oil
From Reuters 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 crude oil. The largest refiner in Asia is expected to receive four supertankers carrying 8 million barrels of U.S. crude
From Reuters 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 the initial stages of developing its vast shale gas resources, with production last year making up just 6 percent of
Sinopec’s Net Profit Up Over 20% to RMB 61.6 Billion in 2018
From Reuters 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 Wednesday. Cheniere and China Petroleum and Chemical, known as Sinopec, reached a consensus in late-2018 on commercial terms after months
From Bloomberg China’s largest oil refiner said its trading unit lost almost $700 million last year after being wrong-footed by zigzagging markets, revealing one of the biggest losses by a commodity trader in the last decade. Sinopec blamed the losses at its Unipec unit in part on “inappropriate hedging techniques” and said it closed its positions after discovering the problem. Oil plunged
From Reuters 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 5 percent of the company’s total staffing. The job reductions include early retirements and cut-off to employment contracts extensions, Li
From Reuters Proposed project price is tagged at $43 billion 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 its costly Alaska LNG export terminal and pipeline project, an executive said on Thursday. “We’re going to be putting forward
