Gas has started to flow in the Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline, marking the start of trial operations, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday on its website. The valves at the Kyaukpyu gas station where the pipeline st...

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, the operator of China Petroleum Chemicals second-largest oil refinery, has posted a profit for the first half of the year, thanks to lower costs after a facility upgrade and Beijings fuel pricing policy refor...

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not exaggerate when he announced on June 20 that China and Russia were close to an unprecedented contract involving millions of tons of oil and worth over $60 billion. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC...

PetroChina has received Chinese and Australian federal government approval to acquire from ConocoPhillips a 29% stake, valued at around A$32 million ($29 million), in a shale gas joint venture in Western Australias Southern Canning Basin, p...

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), Chinas largest integrated energy and chemical group, celebrated here on Thursday the opening of its first lubricant plant outside China. The Sinopec Lubricant (Singapore) Pte Ltd, located...

PetroChina is putting its coalbed methane (CBM) drilling on hold as complex geology and limited lifting technology have put a damper on the companys lofty production targets, noted RBC Capital Markets analyst Peter Hutton July 8. Plans to d...

On Jun.28th, President Wang Tianpu of SINOPEC Group and Vice Chairman Ja Young KOO of SK signed the joint venture contract of Wuhan ethylene project at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Minister of Industry, Trade Resources of South Ko...

China Erzhong Heavy Industry Company has developed the worlds biggest hydraulic press, an 800 mega newton closed-die hydraulic forging machine that is bigger than any other previously built. Erzhong is working closely with Shell Lubricants...

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, raised ex-factory toluene prices at its South China subsidiaries by 1.3% or Yuan 100/mt Friday, a company source said. Sinopec Guangzhou will now offer toluene at Yuan 8,050/mt, or $1,078.72/mt...

China National Petroleum Corp has agreed to help finance the construction of a US$12 billion refinery project in Ecuador, the South American countrys government said on Saturday. Ecuador has been in talks with Chinas biggest oil producer fo...