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January 02, 2018
A second Sino-Russian oil pipeline began operations on New Year’s Day, doubling China’s capacity to import crude from the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean system.
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May 18, 2017
Ophir Energy has announced that a Final Investment Decision has been taken to commence the fourth phase of development at Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand.
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May 16, 2017
CNOOC China Limited Zhanjiang Branch has commissioned MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply a total of six compressor trains for the DONGFANG 13-2 Gas Fields Development Project in the South China Sea.
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May 15, 2017
Eni has started gas production from the Jangkrik Development Project, in deep water offshore Indonesia, ahead of schedule. The project comprises the gas fields Jangkrik and Jangkrik North East, located in the Muara Bakau block, Kutei basin, in the deep water of Makassar Strait.
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May 14, 2017
China is setting it sights on U.S. energy as a growing reliance on imports forces it to look beyond traditional suppliers, according to the head of the country’s biggest oil and gas company.
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May 12, 2017
America’s shale gas could soon head to China under long-term contracts for the first time, bolstered by a new trade deal that may not even change existing rules.
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May 12, 2017
Last night’s announcement of the 100-day action plan between the U.S. and China has the potential to alter global LNG trade, opening the door of the world’s largest LNG growth market to the world’s fastest-growing LNG supplier.
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May 11, 2017
Red tape, rising costs and declining crude prices are throttling exploration in Indonesia, the former OPEC member that now produces less oil than it uses.
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May 09, 2017
In a recent report Wood Mackenzie highlighted how the absence of major Asian companies from the U.S. tight oil boom could change.
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May 02, 2017
Total has started up production from the Badamyar project, located offshore 220 km south of Yangon in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The project will enable an extension of the Yadana gas field’s 8 billion cu m per year production plateau beyond 2020.
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May 01, 2017
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, cut pricing for June oil exports to Asia as it fights to defend sales in its biggest regional market. The kingdom raised pricing to all other regions.
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April 27, 2017
Oil’s recovery is helping ease the pain of shrinking output by China’s biggest energy producers.
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April 25, 2017
Indonesia plans to overhaul its energy policy to attract investment of as much as $200 billion over the next decade as the former OPEC member seeks to reverse a decline in its crude oil production.
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April 25, 2017
Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by South Korean OCEANUS Co. Ltd. to provide specialist floatover services for an LNG regasification platform topside offshore Bahrain.
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April 25, 2017
Russia retook the top spot from Saudi Arabia in crude supplies to China last month as OPEC producers are flirting with the possibility of extending a deal to curb production.
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April 21, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence announced 11 major deals valued at more than $10 billion between U.S. and Indonesian companies, mostly in energy and defense.
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April 20, 2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee, and Nguyen Vu Truong Son, CEO and member of the board of directors of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), took place in Moscow on April 19th.
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April 18, 2017
Huisman, a lifting, drilling and subsea solutions company, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Chinese production facility, Huisman China, on April 17.
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April 14, 2017
CNOOC Limited has announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed production sharing contract (PSC) with Husky Oil Operations Limited for Block 16/25 in the South China Sea.
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April 13, 2017
China’s record oil imports in March helped it top the U.S. as the world’s biggest buyer during the first quarter.
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April 11, 2017
OriginClear Inc. has announced it is entering into a partnership with a regional organization in the Chinese province of Shandong for remediation of a shale gas site operated by the government-owned Sinopec Group, Asia's largest oil and gas company.
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