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China’s offshore oil and gas major CNOOC has initiated a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Enping 15-1 oilfield in the South China Sea, making it the country’s first venture into offshore CCS plays. The project involves building facilities to capture up to 300,000 tonnes of CO2 per …

China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC, has launched the country’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South China Sea, which is expected to store more than 1.46 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.

The first section of a massive new liquid natural gas (LNG) plant bound for the Arctic Circle was loaded onto a cargo ship at Daishan manufacturing base in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday. The 10,000-tonne unit will arrive in Murmansk in northwestern Russia in 25 days. With 13 more …

China’s Daqing Oilfield, a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation, announced Wednesday the discovery of a major shale oil field with predicted geological reserves of about 1.27 billion tonnes.

Approvals for major new coal power plants by China’s local authorities show the tension in the nation’s efforts to meet climate goals, even as the overall total of projects given the go-ahead falls, according to campaigners. Local authorities approved 24 plants with a combined capacity of 5.2 GW, a 79% …

A new bridge—part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative—will now connect China and Russia’s railway systems. The China-Russia Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye Bridge connects Tongjiang, a city in China’s far northeastern Heilongjiang province, with Nizhneleninskoye, a town across the border with Russia, along the Amur river. The cross-river bridge is 2,215 metres …

Saudi Arabia maintained its position as China’s top crude oil supplier for the ninth month in July, Reuters reported, citing data from the General Administration of Customs in China. Shipments from Saudi Arabia totaled 6.69 million tons in July, or 1.58 million barrels per day (bpd), compared with 1.75 million …

China and Arab states, both tasked with a mission to ensure energy security while pushing for a transition toward renewables, have set their eyes on closer energy ties, notably in green sources such as solar panels, hydrogen and nuclear power, energy authorities and industry insiders said Friday at a major …

Iran’s LPG exports are set to stay near two-year peaks of around 500,000 mt in July and August, meeting China’s voracious appetite for cheaper petrochemical feedstock given the increase in the number of its propane dehydrogenation plants, trade sources said. The high volumes, which some sources estimate could exceed 500,000 …

The global natural gas market is tightening with demand recovering this year as many countries led by China are seeing their economic life rebound following the pandemic. The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand growth this year has been driven primarily by China, Francisco Blanch, commodity and derivatives strategist at …