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China-Russia relations have ‘withstood the new test’ as Beijing’s balancing act continues
While China maintains a strategic friendliness with Russia and shared antipathy for the U.S.-dominated world order, Chinese companies have recently shown extreme caution in maintaining sanctions compliance. What is Beijing’s next move?
The ‘Winter Olympics Pact’ between Moscow and Beijing
This week in the China-Russia weekly update: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are going to schmooze in Beijing, and more.
The Kazakhstan protests and Sino-Russian relations
What do the protests in Kazakhstan mean for China and its relationship to Russia, which has sent troops to the central Asian nation to crush the unrest?
China Binges on U.S. Gas to Manage Energy Shortage, Carbon Footprint
Record U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to China today are in contrast to just a couple of years ago, after the country imposed tariffs on U.S. LNG during the trade war.
Cheniere bets on Chinese demand for US gas exports
Asia to drive LNG growth for ‘decades to come’ as group prepares to boost output
BP signs 10-year pipeline gas deal with China's Shenzhen Gas
BP has signed a sales and purchase agreement with a unit of China's Shenzhen Gas Group Co Ltd to supply piped natural gas for 10 years starting 2023, BP said in a statement on Wednesday.
China signs huge LNG deals with U.S. supplier Venture Global
China craves U.S. LNG: Pivoting from coal, China has become the world’s top natural gas importer and inked long-term deals with U.S. suppliers; the latest doubles its import volume from the country.
China’s Cnooc Plans Big Share Sale at Home as U.S. Delisting Looms
Cnooc plans to raise more than $5 billion from a domestic share sale as it faces a possible delisting of its U.S. securities.
Total, CNOOC reach final agreements on Uganda, Tanzania projects
French major Total said on Monday and its partners have concluded final agreements to launch the Lake Albert resources development project in Uganda and Tanzania.
PetroChina expects its carbon emissions to peak around 2025
PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas producer, expects its carbon emissions to peak by around 2025, as it aims to lift output of lower-carbon natural gas to 55% of its total production by then from 47% now.
Exclusive: China Huadian to shut 3 GW of coal-fired power capacity by 2025 - chairman
China Huadian Corp aims to close more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity in the next five years and increase renewables to make up half of its total power generation mix, company chairman told Reuters on Monday.
Biden, Trudeau pledge to counter China, climate change, in warm first 'meeting'
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought on Tuesday to turn the page on the Trump era, stressing the countries' deep ties and pledging to work together to counteract Chinese influence and address climate change.
Record cold weather in China sends power demand through the roof
Exceptionally cold weather sweeping through China has caused a huge increase in power demand in the world's largest energy consumer and hampered transportation.
China to abolish access restrictions on foreign investment in energy sector - white paper
China will fully lift access restrictions on foreign investment in coal, oil, gas, power generation, excluding nuclear, as well as the new energy businesses, according to a sector white paper released on Monday.
PetroChina strikes big gas find in China Xinjiang's Junggar basin: state media
PetroChina，Asia's largest producer of oil and gas, has struck a large natural gas discovery in northwest China's Xinjiang region with an initial estimated reserve exceeding 100 billion cubic meters, China's state news agency Xinhua reported over the weekend.
EXCLUSIVE-Trump to add China's SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist -sources
The Trump administration is poised to add China's top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to a document and sources, curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions...
PetroChina third quarter profit surges on recovering oil prices, pipeline spin-off
PetroChina Co , Asia's largest oil and gas producer, reported a surge of around 350% in third-quarter profit versus a year earlier, owing to recovering oil prices and revenue from pipelines spin-offs.
China's Sinopec posts record quarterly profit as refining margins jump
Top Asian oil refiner Sinopec Corp swung to a record quarterly profit in July-September, thanks to a jump in refining margins and earnings from the spin-off of pipeline assets, the company said.
China's top climate think tanks push for more cuts to coal use and emissions: report
China's leading climate think tanks are pushing for cuts to carbon emissions and coal use over the next five years, according to speeches and a major report China's top experts on climate change and emissions issued on Monday.
China's 2060 carbon neutral goal bill could hit over $5 trillion
China's goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060 would require investments of more than $5 trillion, which would include renewable power generation capacity, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday.
China CNOOC's interim profit tumbles, cuts costs further
China's national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said first-half profit slumped by nearly two-thirds to the lowest since December 2017, as the coronavirus pandemic battered energy demand and sent oil prices to historical lows.
China only fulfils 5% of Sino-U.S. energy trade deal in first half of 2020
China bought only 5% of the targeted $25.3 billion in energy products from the United States in the first half of 2020, falling well short of its trade deal commitments at a time when relations between the two top economies are already sour.
PipeChina — the country’s newest state-owned behemoth
A series of gargantuan energy sector deals has created a new state-owned giant that will control most of the oil and gas pipelines in China.
U.S. aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region.