Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is now the fastest growing fuel in the world and spurred by new discoveries is set to challenge decades-old monopolies of traditional oil and gas powers in the Middle East or Europe. Finds in East Africa and Aust...

State-run Sinochem Corp has won government approval for its first major oil refinery, the 240,000 barrel-per-day Quanzhou refinery on the southeast coast. The US$4.6 billion refinery, first planned in 2005, won final approval from the Natio...

Chinese state-owned company CNOOC Ltd. ( CEO ), along with Australian partner Exoma Energy announced that they are moving ahead with their joint venture called Galilee, with the exploration of the seventh well in its program - Nora-1. The c...

Over at Canada Real Time, colleague Karen Johnson reports on some recent comments from top Canadian politicians about the Chinese oil giant Cnoocs plan to acquire Canadas Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion. The politicians are hinting they may be...

Chinas Ningxia Hanas New Energy Group has commenced operations of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Global Times reported. The plant is the largest of its kind in the countr...

On August 19, CNPCs LNG project in Ansai County of Shaanxi Province produced qualified LNG in one trial. The successful industrial application of the double mixed refrigerant (DMR) process independently developed by CNPCs China Huanqiu Cont...

Negotiations over a long-awaited Costa Rican refinery upgrade, partially funded by China, are hung up over investment terms, Costa Ricas president said on Wednesday, and the project will be a major topic of talks during her visit to Beijing...

Jilin Qianyuan Energy Development has selected Chemtex, along with Black Veatchs patented PRICO LNG technology, to deliver a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility due online next year, the companies said on Friday. Expected to be compl...

Chinese state company Sinopec said Wednesday it has inked an agreement with fellow state-owned China National Coal Group for strategic cooperation. The pact was signed Tuesday in Beijing, Sinopec said. [We will] establish a strategic partne...

China has urged Japan to immediately and unconditionally release 14 activists who planted the Chinese flag on a disputed island that has long been a source of tension between the two Asian powers. Fourteen activists from China, Hong Kong an...