The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir met today with the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin and briefed him on the ongoing negotiations with the south regarding the...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gaining support among Canadians for his plan to ship oilsands crude to China after President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.s $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Harper will meet...

As the European Union prepares to ban Iranian oil and the United States turns the screw on payments, oil executives and policymakers say China and Russia stand to gain the most and Western oil firms and consumers may emerge the biggest lose...

Walter E. Eibisberger is completely wrong when he writes that the Northern Gateway pipeline project is good for Canada. For one thing he discards the importance of the hearings under the presumption that this project is a no brainer and tha...

Chinas apparent oil demand in December rose 0.7 percent year on year to 41.02 million metric ton (mt), or an average 9.69 million barrels per day (bpd), a Platts analysis of recent statistics released by the Chinese government showed. But e...

On the occasion of the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, the cippe organizing committee sincerely sends greetings to all the exhibitors, audience, media and those who have been keen on the exhibition. Thank you very much for accompanying...

There were few signs that US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had any success during his visit to Beijing this month to persuade China to help pressure Tehran over its nuclear program by buying less Iranian oil. Chinas regular demand for...

China is expected to import about 2.2m tonnes of fuel oil in January, up by 230,000 tonnes or 9% from C1 estimation for the previous month, down by 230,000 tonnes or 9% compared with the same period last year, C1 shipping fixtures showed. T...

Chinas state-owned PetroChina will be 100% owner of Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.s MacKay River project at a total price of $2.5 billion (Can.) after paying a further $680 million (Can.) for the remaining 40% of the firms shares. AOSC said it e...

Sinochem Groups oil and gas output in the Middle East, Latin America and North Africa is set to reach 15 million tons of oil equivalent by the end of 2020, a goal based on its first successful attempt overseas to independently operate an of...