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The Chinese government is planning to reduce the number of oil refiners and petrochemicals producers in the country in a bid to solve the industry’s problem with overcapacity. According to a Bloomberg report, the authorities will shut down some smaller refineries and upgrade facilities that have become outdated. The latter …

Security guarantees for Kyiv are a key issue at the heart of efforts to bring an end to fighting amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and now White House special envoy Steve Witkoff has put the term “Article 5-like” center stage. Witkoff told CNN on August 17 that it was …

China has boosted imports of Russia’s flagship Urals crude, as refiners buy additional volumes of discounted oil while India is hesitant amid U.S. threats over its purchases of Russian oil. China is the top buyer of Russian crude, but most of its imports consist of the ESPO grade shipped from …

Top U.S. and Iraqi officials have discussed the potential resumption of oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan and the role of the U.S. oil companies operating in the country, the Iraqi foreign ministry said on Monday. Oil exports from Kurdistan have now been halted for two and a …

China exported in July the highest volume of refined petroleum products since June 2024 as shipments of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel surged by double digits from a year earlier to multi-month highs. Total oil product shipments, including gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and marine fuel, increased to 5.34 million tons …

Oil flows via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Hungary have been halted, following a Ukrainian attack on a transformer station, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. “Ukraine has attacked again the oil pipeline to Hungary, which has halted petroleum transportation to our country,” Szijjarto posted on Facebook. …

As China continues to grow its electric vehicle (EV) industry, it has expanded to several new markets in recent years, opening multiple production and assembly plants across Latin America. Chinese EV companies now offer a wide variety of EV models at competitive prices, making them well-suited to the Latin American …

Since coming into office, United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his “Drill, baby, drill” statement by opening federal land for licensing and encouraging oil and gas companies to increase production. One state Trump has set his sights on is Alaska, an area where oil operations have become …

Angola is betting big on natural gas developments as a short-term increase in oil production is not expected to last despite the West African country leaving OPEC over capped production. Companies operating in Angola have recently started up two oil projects, but they have also begun to target non-associated offshore …

Algeria nears the finalization of agreements with U.S. supermajors Exxon and Chevron to explore and invest in its shale gas resources as the North African country bets big on boosting its gas pipeline and LNG exports, the head of the Algerian energy regulator told Bloomberg. “The technical aspects have more …