China plans to fast-track the implementation of National Phase 5 emission standards for gasoline in several major cities and regions by end 2015, ahead of its 2018 national deadline, local media Wednesday quoted a senior official as saying....

While East Asian investment in Africa, particularly from China, is nothing new, Western influence in the political and social realms has traditionally been the dominant outside influence. However, Ugandan President Yoweri Musevenis passage...

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the countrys largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the worlds second-l...

China is set to beat its shale gas production target in 2015, after one of the countrys major oil firms moved a step closer in tapping into the new energy. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the countrys largest oil producer, has...

MacGregor, a company that is part of Cargotec, has attained an order from the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co. for a 100-tonne SWL active heave-compensated subsea crane. The MacGregor crane will be fitted directly onto the anchor handling...

Chinas top economic planner announced on Wednesday that it will raise the per-tonne retail price of gasoline by 205 yuan ($33.61) and diesel by 200 yuan as of Thursday. The increase, the first this year, will see benchmark retail prices of...

Chinas Ministry of Supervision stated on its website on Feb. 18 that the deputy governor of the southern province of Hainan, Ji Wenlin, is under investigation for serious violation of discipline, a byword for corruption. Sources also told S...

Gasoline and diesel prices in Trinidad and Tobago are to remain the same for the next two years, as the Government is working on establishing a nationwide compressed natural gas (CNG) network as a solution to the annual $4 billion fuel subs...

CHINAS mergers and acquisitions in Australia soared by 34 per cent last year to $8.5 billion -- the highest level since 2009 -- despite Chinese foreign deals declining overall. North American deals from China fell by 59 per cent, and Europe...

Chinas oil refining giant Sinopec plans to open its distribution networks to outside capital, in a move that could loosen the large oil companies grip over the countrys fuel markets. Sinopec and its main rival, CNPC, control most of Chinas...