Far East
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September 14, 2017
A $9 billion stake in one of the world’s biggest oil companies may not be enough for CEFC China Energy Co.
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September 13, 2017
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Eni signed cooperation agreement in order to cooperate in oil & gas exploration and production, gas and LNG value chain opportunities, trading and logistics opportunities, refining and petrochemicals.
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September 12, 2017
New United Nations sanctions on North Korea will cut imports of fuels such as gasoline and diesel by almost 56% while capping shipments of crude at current levels, according to the U.S.
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September 11, 2017
The prospect of China banning fossil fuel-powered vehicles is failing to alarm investors in the oil producers likely to lose out.
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September 11, 2017
A closely-held Chinese oil company agreed to buy a minority stake in Rosneft PJSC for about $9 billion, deepening energy and political ties with Russia amid increasing tensions with the U.S.
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September 07, 2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Masami Iijima, chairman of the board of directors of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., took place at the Eastern Economic Forum 2017 in Vladivostok.
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September 06, 2017
Xodus Group has delivered a decommissioning ‘trend survey’ to JOGMEC (Japan Oil & Gas and Metals National Corporation) to provide Japanese oil and gas companies with a better understanding of the decommissioning process and how to manage their global asset and abandonment liabilities.
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September 04, 2017
Even before North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb yet, Japan was calling for moves to cut off its oil supply.
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September 01, 2017
State-owned conglomerate China Merchants Group is exploring acquisitions of offshore rig operators, which have struggled to recover from a collapse in oil-industry spending, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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August 24, 2017
PetroChina plans to pay out its entire half-year net income to shareholders as the country’s biggest oil and gas producer benefited from higher global crude prices.
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August 14, 2017
For North Korea’s fledgling economy, the latest round of sanctions will cut deep.
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August 08, 2017
China’s independent energy firms are seeking to circumvent its state-backed giants as they cash in on swelling natural gas use, buoyed by President Xi Jinping’s drive for cleaner fuels and nimbler companies.
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July 19, 2017
Beijing on Wednesday issued a draft of new regulations for China's growing oil and fuel storage industry, helping loosen the state-owned oil majors' grip on the sector as the nation pushes to reform its vast energy markets.
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July 11, 2017
China has opened more than 6,000 trading accounts for its long-awaited crude futures contract - with three-quarters coming from individual traders - as it pushes ahead with plans to compete with global pricing benchmarks.
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July 05, 2017
Petro Matad, the AIM quoted Mongolian oil explorer announces that further to the press release on May 31, 2017, a comprehensive drilling contract has now been signed with Sinopec International Petroleum Service Mongolia Co. Ltd. (Sinopec) and that the initial drilling targets have been selected.
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July 05, 2017
China has promised to make its skies blue again, but having some of the world’s most-expensive natural gas isn’t helping.
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June 08, 2017
Empyrean Energy plc, the oil and gas development company with interests in China, Indonesia and the United States, is pleased to announce that a 3D seismic survey has commenced on its 100% owned Block 29/11, offshore China.
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April 06, 2017
OPEC all but trashed the tanker market with its output cuts. That the damage hasn’t been even worse is thanks in large part to a flood of U.S. crude exports, particularly to Asia.
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April 05, 2017
DSME and DNV GL presented the results of a joint development project (JDP) for the design of an innovative, efficient LNG carrier based on today’s technology, at the Gastech 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan.
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March 09, 2017
More Asian LNG buyers are trying to avoid taking the U.S. supplies they signed up for just a few years ago in order to cut shipping costs.
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March 08, 2017
One of Japan’s largest companies, the general trading giant and business developer Mitsui & Co., has underlined the importance of a stable liquefied natural gas supply in order to fulfil future energy demand in Japan.


