PetroChina in the third week of December 2012 agreed to buy a 49.9 percent stake in Canadian firm Encanas natural gas project in Alberta for 2.2 billion dollars. The project contains supplie.........
see more >>The price of oil rose above $86 a barrel Friday, boosted by a survey that showed the recovery in Chinas manufacturing is gathering strength. Benchmark crude for January delivery was up 65 ce.........
see more >>Total SA (FP), the French energy company selling assets in France and Nigeria, will use the proceeds to pay dividends and develop oil and gas ventures as it rules out acquisitions. No more a.........
see more >>In a bid to provide for the increasing energy requirement in line with the economic expansion in the country, PetroChina has agreed to enter into a joint venture deal with Canadian energy co.........
see more >>Debate over the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the oil-and-gas industry has been a big and emotional one and led to new restrictions in the oil sands. But a senior executive at on.........
see more >>PETROCHINAS high-priced acquisition of a stake in the Browse LNG project cements the company as a significant player in Australias oil and gas industry and is unlikely to be the companys las.........
see more >>The U.S. trade deficit, also known as the international trade balance, rose by 4.9% to $42.24 billion in October. The Commerce Department reported that the September trade deficit was revise.........
see more >>Oil prices gained in Asia today as traders welcomed data indicating a continued economic pick-up in China, the worlds largest energy consumer, analysts said. New Yorks main contract, light s.........
see more >>Australian mining junior Leyshon Resources said Monday that it has started drilling the second of three wells in the current exploration program at the Zijinshan onshore block in Chinas Ordo.........
see more >>BEIJING-- Chinese authorities have been welcoming private and foreign firms to tap the countrys vast shale gas deposits, but new entrants have felt impeded by obstacles. The Ministry of Land.........
see more >>BEIJING-- Sinopec received the award 2012 Global Competitiveness Brands - China Top 10 in Stanford on December 7, 2012. This is the third consecutive year that Sinopec won this award. On thi.........
see more >>Chinese refinery throughput reached a new high in November, growing 9.1 percent from a year earlier as companies started new refining units and demand started to recover modestly along with .........
see more >>The United States continuing war against Irans nuclear program sucks in a lot of other nations that the U.S. insists must follow its edicts of sanctions against the oil producing nation, but.........
see more >>China and Russia have reached consensus on further strengthening energy cooperation, according to a senior Chinese official. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said consensus was reached durin.........
see more >>Big state Chinese power firms, such as the Huadian Group and top coal producer the Shenhua Group, have been named among the winners of the countrys second shale gas auction, the Ministry of .........
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