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• SZ China Natural Gas Bi-weekly Report Apr 1-15,2012 [Apr. 25, 2012]
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• SZ China Natural Gas Bi-weekly Report Mar 16-31,2012 [Apr. 2, 2012]
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• SZ China Natural Gas Bi-weekly Report Apr 1-15,2012
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• SZ China Natural Gas Quarterly Report Q1 2012
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• SZ China Refining Monthly Report-Mar’2012
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• SZ China LPG Prices Daily Alert May 15, 2012
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• SZ China LPG Prices Daily Alert May 14, 2012
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• SZ China LPG Prices Daily Alert May 11, 2012
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[Apr. 27, 2012] Uzbekistan is in talks with neighbouring Kazakhstan to ship its natural gas via a pipeline running from ex-Soviet Central Asia to China, Kazakhstan’s state gas transportation company KazTransGas said on Thursday.

[Apr. 27, 2012] China’s flagship West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP) network is close to operating at its full capacity of 30 billion cubic metres per year, a development that will limit growth of gas sales in 2012, Wang Xiaoping, an executive with PetroChina, told Interfax on Wednesday.

[Apr. 27, 2012] China’s flagship West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP) network is close to operating at its current maximum transmission capacity of 30 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y), a development that will limit growth of gas sales in 2012, Wang Xiaoping, an executive with PetroChina Co. Ltd., told Interfax on Wednesday.

[Apr. 27, 2012] The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir unexpectedly cut short his five-day visit to China as the latter showed reluctance to give green light for Juba’s request that Beijing finance an alternative oil pipeline.

[Apr. 25, 2012] In a further sign of China’s push to expand the country’s natural gas distribution network, leading longitudinal submerged arc welded (LSAW) pipe producer Chu Kong Petroleum and Natural Gas Steel Pipe Holdings Ltd. posted a 228.5 percent profit jump in 2011, according to results released late Monday.

[Apr. 25, 2012] Taiyuan, capital of northern China’s Shanxi Province, will deploy more than RMB 3 billion ($475.57 million) this year to expand its natural gas pipeline network, a source with the local arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told Interfax on Tuesday.

[Apr. 13, 2012] Iran plans to export gas to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and China, Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Aliasgar Sherdust said, Trend reports on Wednesday.

[Mar. 5, 2012] China on Friday kicked off a project to build the eastern most part of its second West-East natural gas pipeline to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a move to increase the energy-scarce city’s access to the fuel. The pipeline will runs over t

[Mar. 5, 2012] PetroChina, Asia’s largest oil and gas producer, will not buy extra Russian crude oil via the Russia-China pipeline, the company chief said on Monday, after the two sides recently resolved a price dispute.Jiang Jiemin, chairman of PetroChina, also said Ch

[Mar. 5, 2012] Guangxi CNPC Kunlun Natural Gas Co. Ltd., a unit of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), has started construction of a RMB 5.8 billion ($920.40 million) gas project in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local media reported March 1.

[Feb. 27, 2012] The Zhongwei-Guiyang Pipeline, operated by China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), is set to transmit four billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality this year once it comes online in June, the state-run Chongqing Dail

[Feb. 24, 2012] Recently, guangxi yulin city live is built appoint to the yulin city city gas special planning (2010-2020) "(referred to as" the planning ") in public. According to the plan, the next 10 years in yulin city planning and construction will be three pipe-conveying gas receiving door stood, medium voltage network set up 270 kilometers, construction and a car LPG stations. To 2020, the natural gas QiHuaLv will reach to 70-80%, and natural gas pipeline in the city will sing leading role gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) withdraw into suburban, villages and towns, rural areas.

[Feb. 21, 2012] The Irrawaddy River Crossing Project, a key project of the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline, had been completed on Feb. 15.This indicates that the construction of the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline has made an important breakthrough. 

[Feb. 21, 2012] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is conducting an environmental impact assessment on the long-awaited 3rd West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP III), according to a report released last week by China International Capital Corp. Ltd. (CICC).

[Feb. 21, 2012] China’s west-east gas pipelines transported 36 billion cubic meters of natural gas to 18 provincial-level areas in 2011, up 11.5 billion cubic meters from one year earlier, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said Monday.By the end of last yea

[Feb. 13, 2012] China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Zhongwu Natural Gas Pipeline supplied approximately 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to the provinces of Hunan and Hubei since entering operations in 2004, CNPC announced Feb. 10.

[Feb. 10, 2012] The Lancheng Crude Oil Pipeline, linking western Sichuan Province to Gansu Province in the north, is expected to go on-line within the next few months, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the owner-operator of the line, said in a project report Feb. 9.

[Feb. 8, 2012] China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Kela-2 Gasfield in Baicheng County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has supplied 62.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas to the West-East Natural Gas Pipeline (WEP) network as of Jan. 31, a Baicheng County

[Feb. 6, 2012] The annual import volume of China–Kazakhstan oil pipeline, China’s first transnational crude oil pipeline, hit a new high in 2011, with a total import volume of 10.93 megatons, up 10.3 percent compared with last year.Since the China–Kazakhstan

[Feb. 3, 2012] China’s flagship West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP) boosted gas deliveries by 46.9 percent from a year earlier to 36 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2011, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the network’s operator, announced on Wednesday.

[Feb. 3, 2012] China’s first transnational crude oil pipeline, the China-Kazakhstan Pipeline, allowed China to import 10.93 million tonnes of crude oil last year, authorities in west China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said Thursday.Statistics from the local govern

[Jan. 31, 2012] In a village gym on the British Columbia coast, the newest episode in Canada’s pursuit to become a full blown oil superpower was unfolded. Hundreds of people congregated for hearings on whether a pipeline should be laid from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific in order to transport oil to Asia mainly China. For the village of Kitamaat and its neighbors, the risks are very high because the pipeline would end here and a port would also be constructed to handle at least 220 tankers a year and 525,000 barrels of oil a single day. This oil pipeline is expected to shape North America’s potential energy relationship with China.

[Jan. 31, 2012] The oil-producer nation last week said it suspended the refinery accord after the government and CNPC failed to agree on a price of fuel coming out of the 20,000 bpd plant, which has been temporarily closed due to financial losses only months after its inauguration.

[Jan. 30, 2012] Burmese soldiers have been withdrawn from conflict zones in Kachin state as both sides push for ceasefire talks, but reports from nearby Shan state suggest extra battalions have been deployed to guard the lucrative China-backed Shwe pipeline.The movement

[Jan. 20, 2012] China’s offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC said it has "temporarily repaired" a leak at a subsea gas pipeline at the Zhuhai Hengqin gas processing terminal in southern Guangdong province and partial gas supply has resumed, according to a report

[Jan. 19, 2012] STWA, Inc. /quotes/zigman/156067 ZERO +4.35% ("STWA" or the "Company"), a developer of energy efficiency technologies in the multi-billion dollar oil pipeline and diesel engine markets, today announced that the Company’s Chairman and C

[Jan. 17, 2012] China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd. (CNOOC Ltd.) has completed temporary repairs to an undersea gas pipeline that ruptured on Dec. 19 in the South China Sea, CNOOC Ltd. confirmed to Interfax on Monday.

[Jan. 16, 2012]  China has received more than 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas through the Central Asia-China gas pipeline as of January 7, said China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC, the parent company of PetroChina Co Ltd<601857><0857>, in a stat

[Jan. 13, 2012] Not long ago (in historical terms) the Government of Canada launched a national energy program in response to the 1973 oil crisis. The objective was to promote Canadian ownership of our oil resources and to develop alternative energy sources. Events

[Jan. 12, 2012] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) announced Wednesday that it has accelerated pipeline imports of natural gas from Central Asia since the end of 2009. The company did not provide precise details in the announcement, but noted that Central Asia has sup

[Jan. 11, 2012] In order to meet energy demands in its resource-crunched eastern, southern and central parts, China is constructing oil and gas pipelines in Myanmar, almost reaching to the seashores of Bay of Bengal. Currently, the China National Petroleum Corporation (C

[Jan. 10, 2012] South Korean shipbuilding heavyweights Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries are considering a joint bid for a French engineering company to prevent a Chinese rival from challenging their domination of the global LNG carrier market, according to a report by Reuters that cited sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The report says that the South Korean trio is mulling over a $1.3 billion (1 million euros) bid for GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz), a marine engineering company that specializes in systems for storing liquefied natural gas.

[Jan. 10, 2012] Details on the route of the domestic section of China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) China-Myanmar pipeline were disclosed by the Guizhou arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (Guizhou NDRC) in late December, indicating that the parallel oil and gas lines will split in the city of Anshun, before the gas line tracks south to its terminus in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

[Jan. 10, 2012] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) will issue RMB 20 billion ($3.16 billion) worth of corporate bonds to help fund construction of its 2nd West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP II), according to a bond prospectus filed on Monday with China Central Depository &am

[Jan. 10, 2012] Details on the route of the domestic section of China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) China-Myanmar pipeline were disclosed by the Guizhou arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (Guizhou NDRC) in late December, indicating that the paralle

[Jan. 6, 2012] The nearly 1,000-kilometer-long China-Russia oil pipeline had transported more than 15 million tons of crude oil from Russia to northeast China as of 00:47 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. The pipeline has met all required economic and technical standards, and been

[Jan. 5, 2012] The Sino-Russia Oil Pipeline transmitted 15 million tons of crude oil last year, according to statistics released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Jan. 4.

[Jan. 4, 2012] China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group) has agreed to source synthetic natural gas (SNG) from nine firms for two cross-country SNG pipelines, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

[Jan. 3, 2012] The first cross-country oil pipeline to carry oil from Russia to energy-hungry China transported roughly 15 million tonnes of crude in its first year of operation, with the two countries aiming to double the output in future.China and Russia marked the fi

[Jan. 3, 2012] The oil pipeline linking Russia’s far east and Northeast China witnessed its one year anniversary of operation last Sunday, as operators announced an accumulated 15 million tonnes of oil had been transported into China in 2011."The test results of th

[Jan. 3, 2012] The “Russia-China” oil pipeline pumped 15 mln tons of raw oil in 2011 in total.This figure corresponds with the annual amount of oil, which, according to a relevant agreement, Russia plans to pump to China within the next 20 years.In January,

[Jan. 2, 2012] PetroChina Co Ltd and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) have signed an agreement with the Zhejiang government on six petrochemical projects worth 139.1 bln yuan (US$22 bln), as per China Securities Journal .  The report said the two compa

[Jan. 2, 2012] China’s major oil and gas company China Petrochemical Corp(Sinopec Group) signed agreements with nine domestic energy companies on Friday to secure supply for its Xinjiang gas pipelines project, the company said in a statement. The nine companies inc

[Jan. 2, 2012] China’s major oil and gas company China Petrochemical Corp(Sinopec Group) signed agreements with nine domestic energy companies on Friday to secure supply for its Xinjiang gas pipelines project, the company said in a statement.The nine companies included

[Dec. 30, 2011] CNOOC, China’s largest offshore energy explorer, said Friday that the leak in its natural gas pipeline in Zhuhai, a city in south China’s Guangdong province, two weeks ago was caused by mechanical sand dredging.Gao Guangsheng, vice general manager of CNOO

[Dec. 29, 2011] STWA announced on December 21, 2011 that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Beijing Heng He Xing Ye Technology Development Co., Ltd for licensing, sales and distribution of STWA’s Applied Oil Technology™ into the Chinese market.Recently, the Stat

[Dec. 28, 2011]  On the heels of announcing a Letter of Intent to commercialize its oil pipeline efficiency technology in China, STWA, Inc. /quotes/zigman/156067 ZERO +1.27% ("STWA" or the "Company"), a developer of energy efficiency technologies

[Dec. 28, 2011] Thailand and China want to work together to support each other’s entry into Burma, partly through the deep-sea port in Dawei being developed by a Thai company.Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na- Ranong said Asean connectivity with the Greater Mekong Subre

[Dec. 28, 2011]  On the heels of announcing a Letter of Intent to commercialize its oil pipeline efficiency technology in China, STWA, Inc. /quotes/zigman/156067 ZERO +1.27% ("STWA" or the "Company"), a developer of energy efficiency technologies

[Dec. 26, 2011] The first phase of a coalbed methane (CBM) pipeline in central China’s Shanxi Province has begun pre-commission checks, state-run Shanxi Gas Industry Group Co. Ltd., the pipeline’s operator, announced on Thursday.The pipeline forms a major part of Shanxi’

[Dec. 23, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has signed an engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract with three of its subsidiaries to build the undersea section of the 2nd West-East Natural Gas Pipeline’s (WEP II) Hong Kong-Shenzhen spur,

[Dec. 23, 2011] CNOOC, China’s largest offshore energy explorer, said Thursday that it will repair a leaking pipeline after inert gas replaces natural gas in the South China Sea, and no oil spill was reported.The undersea pipeline will be repaired after nitrogen replaces

[Dec. 22, 2011] Media photos of flames floating this week on the surface of the South China Sea appear to challenge a contention from China National Offshore Oil Corp. that an undersea gas leak it reported caused no environmental pollution.Cnooc Ltd., a unit of the state

[Dec. 21, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is dividing operational responsibility for its long-distance gas pipelines among five subsidiaries, designating operational control along regional lines, CNPC announced on Monday.

[Dec. 21, 2011] CNOOC Ltd. halted operations at two offshore platforms near Hong Kong on Monday due to a leaking undersea gas pipeline attached to the Zhuhai terminal, CNOOC said in a statement issued Monday.

[Dec. 20, 2011] Ceremony of launch of construction of the third line of Uzbekistan-China gas pipeline was held after two years from commissioning of the first line of Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China and compressor station No. 1, which is located in Uzbekistan, r

[Dec. 20, 2011] The Second East-West Gas Pipeline, designed to deliver 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually, will travel 8,653 kilometers through 15 provinces and regions from Xinjiang’s Horgos in the west to Shanghai in the east, and to Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the

[Dec. 19, 2011] Construction began Thursday on the Uzbek section of the Central Asia-China Natural Gas Pipeline’s (CACP) third trunk line, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), a partner on the project, announced on Friday.

[Dec. 15, 2011] Luoyang City in Henan Province will begin receiving natural gas from the 2nd West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP II) in March 2012 once a connecting pipeline has undergone three months of pre-commission checks, state-run Luoyang Daily reported on Wednesday.

[Dec. 14, 2011] According to latest statistics from Customs of China, China’s welded pipe exports in October increased by 14 percent to 282,766 tonnes on the strong demands from oil and natural gas industries.In October, China welded pipe shipments surged by 37% in compa

[Dec. 9, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is inviting bids for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 3rd West-East Gas Pipeline’s (WEP III) western section, Huang Changming, a CNPC official, confirmed to Interfax today.

[Dec. 8, 2011] China’s first homegrown compressor unit for long-distance gas pipelines has passed final checks by the National Energy Administration (NEA), demonstrating that the country now has the core competency to produce a vital component of gas transmission networ

[Dec. 8, 2011] Pristine wilderness in a remote corner of Siberia and a Stone Age archaeological legacy notwithstanding, Russia and China are working furiously to complete a natural gas pipeline agreement that would see the fragile Ukok Plateau in Russia’s Altai Republic

[Dec. 8, 2011] Ceremonies were recently simultaneously held in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China, to celebrate the arrival of natural gas from Turkmenistan through the 6,811 km Central Asia – China Gas Pipeline, and the 8,704 km Second West-East Gas Pipeline.Turkmen P

[Dec. 6, 2011] The, pipe-laying vessel ZHONG YOU HAI 101 recently left the Port of Qingdao and expected to arrive at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong waters within days and get ready for construction of the final part of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline.Due to geographical reaso

[Dec. 2, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has signed a sales contract with Dongguan Xinao Gas Co. Ltd. (Xinao Gas), a gas distributor, to supply 800 million cubic meters (MMcm) of natural gas per year to Dongguan City in Guangdong Province, Xinao Gas announce

[Dec. 1, 2011]  The Guangdong provincial government yesterday released a long-awaited construction and operation plan for the province’s gas pipeline network.

[Nov. 29, 2011] Jiangxi Provincial Natural Gas Investment Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Gas) is inviting bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a gas pipeline network in Jiangxi Province, Hu Bin, a Jiangxi Gas representative, confirmed with Interfax Nov. 28

[Nov. 29, 2011] Gaoyou City in western Jiangsu Province will begin receiving natural gas from the China National Petroleum Corp.-operated (CNPC) 1st West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP I) in March 2012, the Gaoyou municipal government announced on Friday.

[Nov. 25, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Qinshen pipeline in Liaoning Province has transmitted 778 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas since going online on June 18 this year, PetroChina Liaohe Oilfield Co. (PetroChina Liaohe), the pipeline’s operato

[Nov. 25, 2011] The National Energy Administration (NEA), China’s energy regulator, has approved plans to begin preliminary work on the 3rd Jingbian-Xi’an Pipeline in Shaanxi Province, the Shaanxi arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (Shaanxi NDRC) said

[Nov. 25, 2011] Chinese state media say 14 senior oil managers will be charged and 29 others disciplined for an oil pipeline explosion in northeast China.The July 2010 explosion near Dalian city caused China’s worst known oil spill and an environmental crisis.Xinhu

[Nov. 24, 2011] Changfeng Energy Inc., /quotes/zigman/492959 CA:CFY -8.33% ("Changfeng" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce today that the Company has begun construction of pipelines and related facilities in Xiangdong district, Pingxiang City,

[Nov. 22, 2011] Hubei Province’s Shiyan City will begin receiving natural gas from China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) once an extension of the 2nd West-East Gas Pipeline (WEP II) becomes operational next month, an official with the Shiyan municipal government told Int

[Nov. 21, 2011] China’s third West-to-East gas pipeline is expected to become operational by the end of 2013 and will carry about 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually, mainly from Central Asia to southeastern China’s Fujian province, a company source said on Wed

[Nov. 18, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country’s largest gas pipeline operator, will complete construction of the long-awaited 3rd West-East Pipeline (WEP III) by the end of 2013, a top executive with a CNPC subsidiary said Nov. 16 at the 3rd Asia Pip

[Nov. 18, 2011] China’s third West-to-East gas pipeline is expected to become operational by the end of 2013 and will carry about 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually, mainly from Central Asia to southeastern China’s Fujian province, a company source said on Wed

[Nov. 17, 2011] China’s third West-to-East gas pipeline is expected to become operational by the end of 2013 and will carry about 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually, mainly from Central Asia to southeastern China’s Fujian province, a company source said on Wednesday. The 5,200 kilometer (km) project will include one artery, six branch lines, three gas storage facilities and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, the source said, adding that the pipeline will run from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the city of Fuzhou in Fujian province.

[Nov. 17, 2011] State-owned energy giant China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) plans to install approximately 30,000 kilometers (km) gas pipeline over the next five years, nearly doubling the length of its current network, a CNPC official said at the 3rd Asia Pipeline Summit in Beijing Nov.16.

[Nov. 14, 2011] Gas piped through the Sino-Myanmar pipeline is set to be distributed in Panzhihua City in southern Sichuan Province by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd

[Nov. 14, 2011] The White House plan to seek alternate routes for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline presents a tangle of new problems for the project _ with the potential to sink it altogether.Shifting the route around a major aquifer could mean more perilous stream crossin

[Nov. 11, 2011] A third pipeline linking the Daniudi Gasfield with the Yulin-Jinan pipeline network went on-line Nov. 7, boosting the gasfield’s annual transmission capacity to 3.5 billion cubic meters (bcm), China Petrochemical Corp.’s (Sinopec Group), the field’s opera

[Nov. 11, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has begun testing the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture section of its Southwestern Gansu Gas Pipeline (SGGP) in Gansu Province, the Linxia municipal government announced Nov. 10.

[Nov. 11, 2011]  Despite what you may think, the delay or even cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to the United States does not ensure that China will become the go-to customer for Canada’s vast oil sands.U.S. President Barack Obama has opt

[Nov. 10, 2011] The Beijing Municipality counties of Huairou and Miyun will begin receiving natural gas from the 2nd Shaanxi-Beijing Gas Pipeline (SBGPII) by Nov. 15, Beijing Gas Group Co. Ltd., the local gas distributor, told Interfax Nov. 9.

[Nov. 9, 2011] Construction has begun on a pipeline spur that will link Xinyang City in Henan Province to the 2nd West-East Pipeline (WEP II), Hongchang Gas Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd. (Hongchang Gas), a local gas distributor, announced Nov. 8.

[Nov. 8, 2011] Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd. (BUCG) has a won a tender to build a $280 million gas pipeline in Mozambique, a BUCG official, Liu Jian, confirmed Nov. 7.

[Nov. 2, 2011] Shanxi Province-based Chinese steel producer Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (Taiyuan Steel) has announced that its subsidiary in Chengdu, Sichuan Province has signed a contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to supply 300 mt of stainless ste

[Nov. 1, 2011] China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), the country’s third-largest oil and gas producer, has completed a feasibility study for a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage project in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, CNOOC announced Oct. 28.

[Oct. 28, 2011] Shanghai. October 27. INTERFAX-CHINA - Anhui Provincial Gas Co. Ltd. (Anhui Gas) has agreed to relocate a section of the Jiangbei Link pipeline, ending a dispute concerning the land on which the section is built, a source with Anhui Gas told Interfax Oct.

[Oct. 27, 2011] With new pipeline infrastructure and terminals in place, northern and western China are unlikely to experience natural gas shortages this winter, but the supply situation in southern regions is less certain, the National Development and Reform Commission

[Oct. 26, 2011] * Link to carry 500,000 bpd of oil* Will help speed up development of new fieldsRussia, the world’s biggest crude producer, has launched an oil pipeline that will facilitate the steady supply of 300,000 barrels per day to energy-hungry China and speed up

[Oct. 18, 2011] RIA Novosti reported that tRussia Transneft oil pipeline monopoly resumed oil supplies to China via the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline halted earlier on Friday following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the far eastern Amur region.Spokesman Mr Igor D

[Sept. 22, 2011] China and Tanzania are expected to sign a US$1.06 billion loan deal for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from the southern part of the East African country to its commercial capital, a Tanzanian newspaper has quoted the country’s energy mi

[Sept. 22, 2011] The second phase of Jiangxi Province’s natural gas pipeline network has started limited operations, according to a terse statement released by the Jiangxi Energy Bureau (JEB) Sept. 21.

[Sept. 21, 2011] Envoys from South and North Korea are expected to meet in Beijing on Wednesday.  It will be the latest attempt to get multinational talks about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program back up and running after a nearly three-year stalemate. 

[Sept. 20, 2011] China and Tanzania are expected to sign a $1.06 billion loan deal to build a natural gas pipeline from the southern part of the east African country to its commercial capital, a Tanzanian newspaper quoted its energy minister as saying.Last month, Energy a

[Sept. 15, 2011] A ceremony has been held in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, to mark the commencement of welding on Phase II of the Kazakhstan – China gas pipeline.Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev read a congratulatory letter from Kazakh President Nursultan Naza

[Sept. 15, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Zhongcang Pipeline has transmitted more than 500 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas this year to end users in three provinces as of Sept. 10, CNPC announced Sept. 14.

[Sept. 15, 2011] Shandong Province’s Yiyuan County began receiving natural gas from China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) West-East Gas Pipeline Network (WEPI and WEPII) on Sept. 12, the county Government announced Sept. 12. 

[Sept. 14, 2011] Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed gas distributor Zhongyu Gas Holdings Ltd. (Zhongyu Gas) has agreed to fully acquire natural gas pipeline operator Nanjing Jinqiao Energy Investment Management Co. Ltd (Jinqiao Energy Investment) to gain a foothold in Jiangs

[Sept. 13, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) broke ground Sept. 8 on a natural gas pipeline linking seven cities in Hunan Province to a branch of the 2nd West-East Pipeline (WEPII), state media reported Sept. 9.

[Sept. 8, 2011] A group of exiled Burmese environmentalists is warning the construction of a gas and oil pipeline from Burma’s Arakan State to China could displace up to 30,000 people and deprive scores of local communities of badly needed development funds. The $1.5-billion project, backed by China, faces criticism for a lack of accountability to the communities in its path.

[Sept. 7, 2011] Controversial oil and gas pipelines spanning Myanmar will deprive its people of billions of U.S. dollars worth of their own resources and risk sparking armed conflict that threatens energy security for neighboring China, activists said on Tuesday. Chinese-led construction of a combined 3,900 km (2,420 miles) of pipelines has displaced thousands of people and damaged livelihoods of farmers and fishermen, prioritizing China’s growing energy needs before those of the Burmese people, the Thailand-based Shwe Gas Movement said.

[Sept. 6, 2011] Controversial oil and gas pipelines spanning Myanmar will deprive its people of billions of dollars worth of their own resources and risk sparking armed conflict that threatens energy security for neighboring China, activists said on Tuesday. Chinese-led construction of a combined 3,900 km (2,420 miles) of pipelines has displaced thousands of people and damaged livelihoods of farmers and fishermen, prioritising China’s growing energy needs before those of the Burmese people, the Thailand-based Shwe Gas Movement said.

[Sept. 6, 2011] Jingzhou City in central China’s Hubei Province is now linked with the Sichuan-Eastern China Natural Gas Pipeline (SECP), the Jingzhou municipal government said Sept. 5.

[Sept. 2, 2011] The Hubei provincial branch of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced Aug. 31 it has approved plans to link Wuhan, capital of Hubei, to two of China’s cross-national natural gas pipelines.

[Sept. 1, 2011] Jiangxi Provincial Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Natural Gas) is testing a gas pipeline linking Jiangxi Province’s Fengcheng and Fuzhou cities after completing construction on Aug. 29, the Jiangxi branch of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced Aug. 30.

[Aug. 29, 2011] The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s state economic planner, has approved construction of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong spur of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline (WEPII), pipeline operator China National Petroleum Corp. announced Aug. 25.

[Aug. 29, 2011] The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Saturday said Chinese companies should help Pakistan complete $1.3 billion Iran gas pipeline project. Government is desperately looking foreign funds to complete peace pipeline project but American opposition is keeping major donors away, it said.

[Aug. 26, 2011] Annual capacity of central Asia gas pipelines, which mainly pump gas to China, will almost double by 2015 from an expected 30 billion cubic metres in 2012, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) reported in a company newspaper on Friday.The current pipeline

[Aug. 26, 2011] CNPC, a China-based oil and gas producer and supplier and oilfield service provider, has announced successful manufacturing of China’s first high-strength H-level marine drilling riser in CNPC Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe Company. Test results show that all

[Aug. 26, 2011] Zhangjiakou City in northern China’s Hebei Province has linked to the 1st Shaan-Jing Natural Gas Pipeline (SJP I), according to a notice on the city government’s official website Aug. 25.

[Aug. 23, 2011] Changfeng Energy Inc., a natural gas distribution utility, has announced that it is developing a new project on Mainland China along the Second West-East Pipeline in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. The Company set up a joint venture company, Xiangtan Chang

[Aug. 22, 2011] Changfeng Energy Inc, a natural gas distribution utility operating in China, announced that it is developing a new project on Mainland China along the Second West East Pipeline at Xiangtan City in Hunan Province.Xiangtan City has a population of approxima

[Aug. 18, 2011] Long-stalled negotiations between China and Russia on pipeline gas are expected to conclude before the end of this year, as the price gap has narrowed after several rounds of talks, industry experts said on Wednesday."Both sides are very upbeat on th

[Aug. 18, 2011] Caterpillar has been selected to provide power solutions for the Asian Gas Pipeline, a joint project between Kazakhstan and China.Caterpillar will provide six Cat G3516C gas generator sets and two C18 generator sets. Each G3516C generator set will provide

[Aug. 18, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation held a commencement ceremony in Mandalay, Burma, marking the start of welding on the Myanmar section of the Myanmar – China oil and gas pipeline.The Myanmar – China pipeline project involves the constructio

[Aug. 17, 2011] CNPC, a China-based integrated oil and gas company, has announced new techniques for the safe and lossless inspection of long distance oil and gas pipelines, undertaken by CNPC Pipeline Research Institute, passed acceptance check by CNPC’s Science and Tec

[Aug. 16, 2011] Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed Hubei Energy Group Co. Ltd. (Hubei Energy) plans to raise RMB 3.25 billion ($508.43 million) via a private placement to further fund construction of four natural gas pipelines in central China’s Hubei Province, the firm anno

[Aug. 12, 2011] On August 10, the Chinese Economic and Information Commission stated that construction is to commence in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region on a new crude oil pipeline which will be the longest such pipeline in northwestern China. Preparatory work

[Aug. 12, 2011] China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has submitted plans to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to build a coal-based synthetic natural gas (SNG) pipeline from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to Zhejiang Province, the 21s

[Aug. 11, 2011] China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) expects to complete construction of a gas pipeline from Daniudi Gasfield in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Yulin City in Shaanxi Province by the end of August, the firm announced Aug. 10.

[Aug. 8, 2011] Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft may choose to repay its $10 billion, 20-year loan from China Development Bank early, if it has to go court to settle a dispute with China over the price of crude supplied via the ESPO pipeline, Russia’s RIA Novosti

[Aug. 8, 2011] Interfax-China reported that China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau a unit of China National Petroleum Corp has begun construction on the Myanmar section of the Sino-Myanmar Pipeline. According to CNPC the company will build a 319 kilometer segment of the 793 kilometer long Myanmar section and running from the pipeline starting point in Kyaukphyu City to Mandalay City.

[Aug. 8, 2011] The China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, a unit of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), will on Dec. 20 begin construction of a 74.5-kilometer pipeline linking the offshore Zawtika Natural Gas Project in Myanmar to Thailand’s pipeline network, CNPC announced on Aug. 3.

[Aug. 5, 2011] On August 1, Myanmar officially commenced construction of the main line of the Myanmar section of the China-Myanmar Oil and Gas Pipeline Project, thus launching the construction of the project in question.The pipeline project will connect Kyaukpyu in Myan

[Aug. 4, 2011] Foreign crude dependency ratio hit new high of 55.2% in first 5 monthsBEIJING - China should accelerate the pace of its exploration of unconventional natural gas and introduce more stringent policies to cut emissions to cope with its heavier dependence on

[Aug. 4, 2011] Beijing was offered an engineering and equipment procurement contract for the natural gas pipeline planned from Iran to Pakistan, a source said.Pakistan and Iran are moving closer to finalizing plans for a natural gas pipeline from the South Pars gas comp

[Aug. 3, 2011] Pakistan, which is likely to award engineering and equipment procurement contract for much awaited Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline soon, is expecting to get Chinese nod for the project to meet ever-growing energy needs of the country, TheNation has learnt.&ldq

[Aug. 2, 2011] and will soon be completing its work, after which the engineering contract will be awarded. The SSGC and SNGPL had also wanted a share in the consultancy contract with ILF, which resulted in a delay in completing the survey, sources said. ILF, which got the contract for $55 million, is working in collaboration with National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak).

[Aug. 1, 2011] Two stunning developments in China-Iran relationship over the weekend coincide with the rapid atrophying of India’s traditionally close ties with Iran and would draw attention once again to the shift of templates in the geopolitics of the Persian Gu

[Aug. 1, 2011] Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak denied that he had given his consent to a local company to develop an 8,000-km gas pipeline linking the Asean countries to China."No, that matter was not discussed," he told reporters after chairing a me

[Jul. 29, 2011] PanelPoint Sdn Bhd, a local entity withvast experience in the oil and gas industry, today signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) with six local and foreign organisations to spearhead the US$100 billion Trans-Asian Oil and Gas Pipeline (TAOG) project to

[Jul. 25, 2011] Construction of a natural gas pipeline linking Tieling City in Liaoning Province to the 2nd West-East Pipeline (WEP II) was completed this week, the Tieling municipal government said July 21.

[Jul. 22, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country’s largest oil and gas producer, is waiting on Russian oil supplier Rosneft to renew negotiations over the price of oil deliveries to China, a source close to CNPC management told Interfax July 20.

[Jul. 20, 2011] The West-East Gas Pipeline, mainland China’s largest gas delivery project, is expected to delivery 28.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2011, 29.4% more than the 22.1 billion cu m it delivered last year, sources reported. The delivery volume increase is boosted by the completion of the project’s second gas pipeline, said an insider of the project’s managing company PetroChina West-East Gas Pipeline Co, which is a subsidiary of PetroChina Co Ltd, China’s largest oil producer. The second gas pipeline, which crosses 15 provinces or regions, including the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Hubei Province, has a total length of 4,978 kilometers and went into operation on Jun. 30, 2011.

[Jul. 20, 2011] The West-East Gas Pipeline, mainland China’s largest gas delivery project, is expected to delivery 28.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2011, 29.4% more than the 22.1 billion cu m it delivered last year, sources reported. The delivery volume increase is boosted by the completion of the project’s second gas pipeline, said an insider of the project’s managing company PetroChina West-East Gas Pipeline Co, which is a subsidiary of PetroChina Co Ltd<601857><0857>, China’s largest oil producer.

[Jul. 19, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is expected to begin long-awaited construction on China’s West-East Pipeline III (WEP III) this year, financial news portal Yicai.com reported July 18.

[Jul. 15, 2011] Construction has begun on a natural gas pipeline linking Lingshi and Jiaoku counties in Shanxi Province, the provincial government announced on its official website July 14.

[Jul. 13, 2011] Chongqing Hengsheng Natural Gas Company (Chongqing Hengshan) signed an agreement July 11 with the Gong County government of Sichuan Province to build and operate a gas distribution network in the jurisdiction, local media reported.

[Jul. 13, 2011] Bohai Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Bohai Equipment), a unit of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), has broken ground on a gas pipeline fittings manufacturing facility in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, state-media reported July 11. Based in the capital city of Urumqi, the first phase of the project has a designed annual production capacity of 1.01 million tons of spiral-welded gas pipeline fittings, Xinhua news agency reported. The first phase is set to begin operations by October 2012, the report said.

[Jul. 11, 2011] PetroChina, China’s top oil producer, has discussed with Petrolimex, Vietnam’s largest oil product distributor, on a $212-million pipeline to be built for taking Chinese refined products to Vietnam, the Vietnamese firm said. The pipeline would have an initial annual capacity of 10 million tonnes of petrol, diesel and other products, Hanoi-based Petrolimex said in a prospectus seen on Jul 11 and which is prepared for its initial public offering on Jul 28

[Jul. 8, 2011] A 5,370-mile (8,700-kilometre) natural gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan with southern China has begun operating, helping boost supplies to the country’s booming industrial zones. The 142.2 billion yuan ($22 billion) pipeline passes through 15 of China’s provinces to reach the Pearl River Delta region, near Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Construction of the pipeline wrapped up earlier in June.

[Jul. 6, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation, or CNPC, has announced that the eastern section of the trunk Second West-East Gas Pipeline has been put into operation. Arriving of natural gas at Guangzhou from Turkmenistan marks the full completion and operation of the 4,978km-long trunk line, China’s first pipeline to introduce natural gas from abroad, the company said.

[Jul. 6, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation has launched operations at the eastern section of the second west-to-east gas pipeline, the world’s longest gas pipeline, the company said in a statement Jul 5. With length of 4,978 km, the newly operational eastern section runs from Horgas in Xinjiang to Shanghai in East China and Guangzhou in South China.

[Jul. 4, 2011] Southwest Oil and Gas Company (Southwest Oil and Gas), a subsidiary of PetroChina Co. Ltd. (PetroChina), will build a gas pipeline in Sichuan Province with an estimated transmission capacity of one million cubic meters (mcm) per day, the Neijiang Daily reported June 30.

[Jul. 1, 2011] The second phase of China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Second West-East Pipeline (WEPII) began full operations today, Xinhua news agency reported June 30.

[Jul. 1, 2011] China’s second east-west natural gas pipeline went into operation on Thursday. The pipeline, connecting central Asia and China, will send natural gas from Turkmenistan to East China’s Pearl River Delta after passing through 15 of the country’s provinces.

[Jul. 1, 2011] Russian gas giant Gazprom is "completely ready" to start the construction of a natural gas pipeline to China, CEO Alexei Miller said after an annual shareholders’ meeting on Thursday. "We are completely ready to begin pipeline construction," Miller said without mentioning the estimated costs of the project.

[Jun. 30, 2011] The second phase of China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Second West-East pipeline (WEPII) began full operations today, Xinhua news agency reported June 30.

[Jun. 30, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Seninglan Gas Pipeline network is now capable of transmitting 6.8 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year, CNPC announced June 29.

[Jun. 30, 2011] The trunk line of China’s second West-East natural gas pipeline project will be ready to start operating at the end of this month, an official with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said Wednesday. Eight sub-lines are scheduled to be completed by June of next year, Liao Yongyuan, vice president of CNPC, the country’s largest oil and gas producer, told Xinhua.

[Jun. 24, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation, or CNPC, has announced that natural gas flow smoothly arrived at Shenyang from Panjin, marking the whole line operation of the Qinhuangdao-Shenyang gas pipeline. The Qinhuangdao-Shenyang trunk line starts at Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province and ends at Shenyang in Liaoning Province, traveling across 13 counties and districts. Its branches extend to Huludao and Panjin cities.

[Jun. 23, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) completed construction of a gas pipeline bridge in Jiangsu Province, the company announced June 21.

[Jun. 15, 2011] Construction of the second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline that will transport Turkmen gas to China has been completed, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) contractor said on Monday. CNPC said in the announcement it plans to turn on the spigots in late June following final testing, the Xinhua news agency reported. The combined 3,020-mile pipeline, built in two parts, will pipe gas from Turkmenistan’s supergiant gas fields to China’s economically developed regions via the China-Central Asia pipeline.

[Jun. 15, 2011] PetroChina has completed all pipeline-laying work for the country’s longest gas trunk and aims to start operating the pipe by the end of this month, the China Petroleum Daily reported on Tuesday. The progress of the 142.2 billion yuan ($22 billion) project was largely in line with an earlier schedule.

[Jun. 14, 2011] The Central Asia-China gas pipeline has transmitted approximately 10.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas since it went on-line in December 2009, according to statistics released by the pipeline’s operator, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC).

[Jun. 14, 2011] Chinese workers have finished construction on the infrastructure for the major line of China’s second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the project’s contractor, announced Monday. Repeated tests on the main line of this massive gas transmission project should be conducted before it is put into service from late June, said a CNPC spokesman.

[Jun. 14, 2011] Chinese workers have finished construction on the infrastructure for the major line of China’s second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the project’s contractor, announced Monday. Repeated tests on the main line of this massive gas transmission project should be conducted before it is put into service from late June, said a CNPC spokesman.

[Jun. 14, 2011] Chinese workers have finished construction on the infrastructure for the major line of China’s second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the project’s contractor, announced Monday, reports Xinhua. Repeated tests on the main line of this massive gas transmission project should be conducted before it is put into service from late June, said a CNPC spokesman. By then, the pipeline project will carry natural gas from Turkmenistan and northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas, the country’s two economically developed regions.

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[Jun. 10, 2011] Russia and China have agreed to leave unchanged the price formula for oil supplies via the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, which exports Russian crude oil to the Asia-Pacific markets, a source at the Energy Ministry said on Thursday. "The price formula will be kept unchanged, we have agreed on that and China is ready to make payments according to it," the source said.

[Jun. 8, 2011] Shell Global Solutions, the technology arm of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and CRI/Criterion Marketing Asia Pacific Pte Ltd are stepping up efforts to offer collaborative licensing technologies and catalysts to Chinese petrochemical companies. Shell Global Solutions will provide ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol (EO/EG) licensing technologies and tailored consultancy services and CRI will offer catalysts to produce EO/EG to achieve cost savings, according to Ken C. Lai, Shell Global Solutions’s Asia Pacific director of licensing.

[Jun. 7, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation has commenced welding on a crude oil pipeline which starts in Lanzhou, passes through the Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces, and ends in Pengzhou, northwest of Chengdu. As per Pipelines International, the Lanzhou-Chengdu Pipeline will traverse 878 km of some of China’s most challenging terrain, including the Qinling Mountains.

[Jun. 7, 2011] The U.S. oil industry is playing the “China card” in urging the American government to quickly approve TransCanada Corp. (TRP-T)’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which will deliver oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries. In a submission to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Washington-based American Petroleum Institute argues that the $7-billion (U.S.) pipeline would be a major boost to job creation, and warned that the U.S. cannot take for granted its access to the vast oil sands resource in Canada. “Other nations will aggressively develop this key strategic resource for their future energy needs if we fail to act,” API chief executive officer Jack Gerard said in his letter.

[Jun. 2, 2011] Xinjiang Guanghui Industry Investment (Group) Co. Ltd. (Xinjiang Guanghui), a gas and real estate conglomerate, has received approval from the Chinese and Kazakh governments to build a cross-border pipeline to transmit natural gas from Kazakhstan to China

[May 31, 2011] CNPC has announced that the Taian-Qingdao trunk of the Shandong natural gas pipeline network has begun operations. The Shandong natural gas pipeline network includes one trunk and six branches, which extends from Taian to Weihai with a total length of 1,067 kilometers and an annual transmission capacity of 8.6 billion cubic meters, the company said.

[May 30, 2011] The Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China as of Saturday since becoming operation in December 2009, according to local authorities. The pipeline, traversing 1,833 km, brings natural gas from Turkmenistan through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Horgos of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, said Wang Hongxin with Horgos Customs.

[May 26, 2011] China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that energy cooperation with Russia was proceeding smoothly and the countries had no dispute over the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) crude oil pipeline. The ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters that China hoped both countries’ companies would be able to resolve the crude oil pricing issues through "friendly consultations".

[May 25, 2011] PetroChina has again selected GE Oil & Gas compression technology to support its second West – East Pipeline. In two contracts amounting to nearly $US100 million, GE will supply six gas turbine-driven compressor trains and nine electric motor-driven compressors to PetroChina for the eastern portion of the second West – East Pipeline (WEP).

[May 25, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC, the country’s largest integrated oil company, and Russian State-owned oil giant Rosneft will begin construction on an oil refinery in Tianjin in the second half of this year. The refinery, which will be located in the city’s Nangang Industrial Zone and will go into operation in 2015, is expected to cost a total of US$5 billion and to generate US$9.2 billion in annual sales.

[May 25, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp, China’s largest oil and gas producer and supplier, said that it plans to build 64,000 kilometers of gas and oil pipelines during the period from 2011 to 2015, according to the report of China Knowledge. The figure surpassed the total length of gas and oil pipelines that the company is running. As of the end of 2010, the company’s gas and oil pipelines under operations were 50,000 kilometers.

[May 25, 2011] According to the recent sources, CNPC or China National Petroleum Corporation is believed to double its oil and gas pipeline construction in next four years. The public oil entity and head of China’s largest oil producer, PetroChina will be laying down 64,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipe lines within 2011 and 2015 targeting a total range of 140,000 kilometers in pipeline construction to be completed by 2015.

[May 24, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp, China’s largest oil and gas producer and supplier, said that it plans to build 64,000 kilometers of gas and oil pipelines during the period from 2011 to 2015, according to the report of China Knowledge. The figure surpassed the total length of gas and oil pipelines that the company is running. As of the end of 2010, the company’s gas and oil pipelines under operations were 50,000 kilometers.

[May 24, 2011] State-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) will more than double its oil and gas pipeline construction in the coming years, a company newspaper reported Monday. The parent of PetroChina plans to lay 64,000 km of oil and gas pipes from 2011 to 2015, sharply higher than the 27,000 km built from 2006 to 2010, the report said.

[May 23, 2011] State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) will more than double its oil and gas pipeline construction in the coming years, according to a company newspaper. The parent of PetroChina plans to lay 64,000 kilometres of oil and gas pipes from 2011 to 2015, sharply higher than the 27,000 kilometres built from 2006 to 2010, the China Petroleum Daily said.

[May 23, 2011] te-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) will more than double its oil and gas pipeline construction in the coming years, a company newspaper reported on Monday.The parent of PetroChina plans to lay 64,000 kilometres of oil and gas pipes from 2011 to

[May 19, 2011] Eastern China’s Zhejiang Province began construction of a pipeline to transmit gas from the port city of Ningbo to other cities in the province, state media reported May 19.

[May 19, 2011] Senior executives of PetroChina Co Ltd, said Wednesday that the company will continue to seek opportunity for overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) and further expand its Latin American presence. In an interview with Xinhua at PetroChina’s annual shareholders’ meeting, Chairman Jiang Jiemin said current high oil and gas prices don’t make it an ideal time for overseas M&A, but the company won’t miss a profitable chance when it comes along.

[May 19, 2011] Senior executives of PetroChina Co., Ltd., said Wednesday that the company will continue to seek opportunity for overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) and further expand its Latin American presence. In an interview with Xinhua at PetroChina’s annual shareholders’ meeting, Chairman Jiang Jiemin said current high oil and gas prices don’t make it an ideal time for overseas M&A, but the company won’t miss a profitable chance when it comes along.

[May 18, 2011] GE Oil & Gas compression technology has again been selected to help support one of China’s most important energy infrastructure projects. In two contracts amounting to nearly $100 million, GE (NYSE: GE) will supply six gas turbine-driven compressor trains and nine electric motor–driven compressors to PetroChina for the Eastern portion of the second West-to-East Pipeline (WEPPII). PetroChina is the owner and developer of the massive WEPPII project, which runs through 13 provinces and autonomous regions and is playing a major role in supporting China’s long-term energy growth and security. Since 2005, GE has supplied compression equipment and turbine technology for WEPPII, as well as for the first West-to-East Pipeline (WEPPI), with contract wins totaling approximately $700 million.

[May 12, 2011] China is to expand constructi on of multi-transportation methods including freeway, urban rail trans it, and oil and gas pipelines by over 40 percent during 2011-2015 to m eet growing domestic demand. Specifically, freeways in China will increase 45.9 percen t from 2010 to 108,000 km by 2015, oil and gas pipelines will increase 42.9 percent to 110,000 km. Also, the operating distance of urban rai l transit will rise 114.3 percent to 3,000 km, and throughput of coast al ports is planned to go up 41.8 percent to 7.8 billion metric tons ( tonnes), according to the development plan for transportation system f or 2011-2015.

[Apr. 25, 2011] The Zhongxian-Wuhan pipeline, owned by PetroChina (PTR.NYSE; 601857.SH; 0857.HK), has fed 1 million cu.m. of natural gas to the Southwest oilfield from April 4 to April 19, acc ording to company source. The pipeline, which stretches from Zhongxian County in southwest China Chongqing municipality to Wuhan city in central China Hubei pro vince, originally took the gas from the Southwest oilfield, located in the Sichuan basin, as its main source.

[Apr. 20, 2011] PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE: PTR), a leading oil and gas production company in Asia, announced that it has inked a deal with Rolls-Royce. The deal is expected to be worth $65 million, under which, Rolls Royce will deliver six RB211 gas turbine compressor packages to the company. The packages will then be installed on WEPP Line 2, which is China’s most expensive energy project and longest natural gas pipeline in the world. The pipeline is meant to carry 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas each year. The project is already using 39 Rolls-Royce compressor packages.

[Apr. 20, 2011] The engineering giant, whose chief executive Sir John Rose stood down last month after 15 years in charge, landed the contract from PetroChina, the largest oil and gas producer in the Asian country. Valued at $65m, the contract is for six RB211 gas turbine compressor packages to be installed on one of China’s most important and expensive energy projects, WEPP Line 2.

[Apr. 18, 2011] China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China’s biggest oil and gas producer and supplier, vanished over 5 billion Yuan by selling natural gas imports on or after central Asian countries previous year, as the import costs are advanced than the domestic sales costs.

[Apr. 15, 2011] ChinaChina National Petroleum Corporation has officially commenced welding on a crude oil pipeline which starts in Lanzhou, passes through the Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, and ends in Pengzhou, northwest of Chengdu. The 878 km, 610 mm diameter pipeline will have a design pressure of 8–13.4 MPa, a capacity of 10 MMt/a of crude oil and be constructed using X65 SSAW pipe.

[Apr. 14, 2011] China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC; CEO.NYSE, 0883.HK), China’s third largest oil company, plans to build a pipeline along the country’s southern coast to connect its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, Reuters reported, quoting a company announcement on Tuesday.

[Apr. 13, 2011] China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) is planning a natural gas pipeline along China’s southern coast to connect its main liquefied natural gas receiving terminals. The pipe would join CNOOC’s liquefied natural gas terminals in Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, according to Xing Yun, an official with CNOOC.

[Apr. 11, 2011] China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC the parent company of PetroChina Co Ltd said that its crude oil pipeline from Lanzhou to Chengdu started construction at the end of March this year, and the project is expected to complete and start production in 2012. Sources reported that the oil pipeline, with a length of is 878 kilometers, has annual capacity of 10 million tonnes of crude oil.

[Apr. 6, 2011] PetroChina has started laying a pipeline that could send crude oil from northwestern China and even Kazakhstan to feed its new refinery under construction in southwestern Sichuan, China Petroleum Daily reported on Wednesday. The 200,000 barrel-per-day pipeline, which is scheduled to be operational next year, will wind 878 kilometres from Lanzou city, capital of Gansu province, to Pengzhou city in Sichuan, the report said.

[Mar. 30, 2011] Oil and gas pipelines being built across Myanmar and into China have led to serious human rights violations and could fuel corruption, a rights group said on Tuesday, calling on the companies involved to rethink their investments.

[Mar. 29, 2011] Construction of one of Russia’s new pipelines to transport Arctic oil to China may be postponed due to an internal conflict between companies involved, the daily Kommersant reported on Tuesday.

[Mar. 29, 2011] PetroChina Tarim oilfield has supplied a total of 80.26 billion cubic meters of natural gas to the West-East gas pipeline by now, PetroChina (PTR.NYSE; 601857.SH; 0857.HK), China’s largest oil and gas producer, said in a statement posted in its company news website on Tuesday.

[Mar. 28, 2011] The world’s most populous nation and the second biggest consumer of energy behind the United States of America, China is set to implement an ambitious project to double the length of its pipeline network over the next five years. Here Pipelines International provides an overview of some of the major pipeline projects proposed or currently underway.

[Mar. 28, 2011] Construction of the 370 km Habshan – Fujairah oil pipeline in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has been completed.

[Mar. 25, 2011] Petro China estimates that cost of building energy pipelines in the future five years might hit 350 billion yuan, reports 163.com, citing Kou Zhong, Vice President at its Overseas Pipeline Research Institution. Of that total, 250 billion yuan will go to natural gas pipelines. Kou said Petro China will build 20,000 kilometers of natural gas pipeline to total 42,000 kilometers.

[Mar. 24, 2011] China’s oil and gas pipelines is exp ected to reach 140,000 kilometers by 2015 as some 350 billion yuan of investment will be put on the construction of pipelines in the next fi ve years, according to a report by China Securities Journal on Thursday.

[Mar. 17, 2011] Horizontal-directional drilling of the Irrawaddy River crossing for the Myanmar – China Gas Pipeline and the Myanmar – China Oil Pipeline has commenced in Myanmar.