China’s CNOOC Limited has started production from the Luda 21-2/16-3 regional development in the Bohai Sea. The Luda 21-2/16-3 regional development project is located in Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea, about 39 kilometres north of Luda 10-1 oilfield and 90 kilometres northwest of the Suizhong 36-1 onshore terminal. The average …
Read More »Iran-China to have Long Term Coop. in Oil Sector
Iranian oil minister on Monday informed that under the framework of the 25-year comprehensive cooperation road map, Iran and China will collaborate on the oil sector in the long-run. As Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told reporters that Iran is ready to sign a similar cooperation road map with all countries. Referring …
Read More »OPEC has New Competitor as China Ships Oil from Swelling Storage
Some oil from China’s swelling storage tanks is finding its way back into the international market as traders jump at the opportunity to source cheap crude for resale to regional refiners. The shipments in question, so far just 1 million barrels, have been procured by trading houses via the Shanghai …
Read More »Russia Supplies First Shipment of Arctic Oil to China
Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft has started supplying crude from its Novy Port Arctic oil field to China. The first batch amounting to 144,000 tons of crude was delivered to Yantai port, the company announced. The tanker route from Murmansk to Yantai crosses the Arctic seas and three oceans, and …
Read More »China Is Running out of Storage
When the bottom fell out of international crude oil markets earlier this year, global oil storage was at a premium. In the United States, finding sufficient crude oil storage became such a challenge that the West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark plummeted below zero on April 20, ending the day at …
Read More »Global Wind and Solar Generation Smash New Record, Doubling since 2013
Europe generated almost 18% of its electricity by wind and solar last year, while China, India and the US were all above the global average of 8%, according to a new report.
Read More »Mercedes-Benz Buys 3% Stake of Chinese Battery Cell Manufacturer
The luxury car manufacturer will also support a new battery cell plant in Germany, which will be carbon-neutral from the start of its construction.
Read More »China’s Era of Mega-Dams Is Ending as Solar and Wind Power Rise
It’s the beginning of the end for the era of mega-dam building in China. China Three Gorges Corp. on Monday turned on the first set of generators at the massive Wudongde hydropower plant, deep in the mountains of Yunnan province. About 170 kilometers (106 miles) downstream on the Jinsha River …
Read More »China, Russia to Test Crude Oil Transport via Railways
China and Russian will begin to transport crude oil via a bilateral freight train service from July, an executive of JSC Russian Railways said at an industry seminar on the future of railway freight train service between China and the Europe on Tuesday. The new form of energy transport is …
Read More »CNOOC Announces Significant South China Sea Discovery
CNOOC Limited has made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in Eastern South China Sea. It is expected to become the first mid-to-large sized condensate oil and gas field in the shallow water area of Pearl River Mouth Basin. The Huizhou 26-6 structure is located in Huizhou Sag in Zhu1 …
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