China
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September 10, 2018
PetroChina signed a deal with Qatargas Operating to purchase 3.4 MM tons of LNG annually, the Chinese company’s biggest supply deal.
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September 05, 2018
Empyrean Energy, the oil and gas development company with interests in China, Indonesia and the United States, has announced that it has engaged Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA) to complete a third-party independent audit of oil initially in place estimates over the Jade, Topaz and Pearl prospects, in Block 29/11, in the Pearl River Mouth basin, China.
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August 31, 2018
PetroChina is rewarding shareholders with a higher payout after its best half-year profit in more than three years.
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August 28, 2018
One thing that became clear in one of the Tuesday morning sessions at ONS is that China remains an important oil trading partner and lynchpin of stability for the MENA (Middle East/North Africa) region. In the session entitled, “The Lego Blocks of Energy and Geopolitics,” two analysts explained the relationship of China to the region, and also the stability, or lack thereof, among some key oil producers.
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August 28, 2018
Total SA’s withdrawal from Iran’s giant South Pars gas field has given China another chance to secure a stake in the world’s most coveted energy assets: abundant and low-cost Middle Eastern oil and gas.
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August 21, 2018
China’s shipowners are shunning Iran’s oil, while the OPEC producer is using its own tankers to supply top customers as impending U.S. sanctions threaten to disrupt global crude trade.
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August 20, 2018
Wild swings in the yuan and punitive storage costs are making oil traders think twice about a bet on China’s fledgling crude futures that looks highly lucrative on paper.
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August 17, 2018
This winter could be a bleak one for America’s natural gas exporters as the fastest-growing buyer of the fuel threatens to halt purchases amid an escalating trade war.
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August 15, 2018
Aker Solutions won orders valued at more than NOK 350 million to deliver power umbilical systems to China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) Liuhua oil fields in the South China Sea, off Hong Kong.
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August 13, 2018
PetroChina Co. may temporarily halt purchases of U.S. liquefied natural gas spot cargoes through the winter to avoid potential tariffs amid a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, according to people with knowledge of the strategy.
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August 12, 2018
China National Petroleum Corp. is expected to take the lead on a $5-billion project to develop Iran’s share of the world’s biggest gas deposit, taking over from France’s Total SA, which halted operations after U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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August 09, 2018
The removal of U.S. crude from goods targeted by Chinese tariffs is a sign that America has become too big to ignore in the oil market.
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August 08, 2018
Crude dropped to a six-week low as the escalating trade dispute between the world’s biggest economies overshadowed a decline in U.S. crude stockpiles.
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August 07, 2018
Chinese offshore oil giant Cnooc Ltd. may have more to offer equity investors betting on the recovery in global crude prices, even if the rally appears to be taking a bit of a breather.
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August 07, 2018
The crude futures that China launched in March seem to be dancing to an oil-market tune only they can hear.
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August 06, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trade policies are threatening to make his environmental goals more costly to meet.
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August 06, 2018
China’s threatened tariff against U.S. LNG comes as a second wave of American export terminals seek financing with an eye toward the Asian giant’s drive to reduce its use of coal.
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August 03, 2018
China is proposing a 25% tariff on imports of U.S. LNG. Shares of Cheniere Energy, fell on the report.
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August 03, 2018
Crude fluctuated as intensifying tariff threats between the U.S. and China raised demand concerns.
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August 03, 2018
The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, dealing a blow to Trump’s efforts to isolate the country after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord.
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August 02, 2018
New supertankers are ferrying a rare flow of diesel from Asia to ports thousands of miles away in Europe as a surplus of the fuel from China scouts for a new home.
