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Petroleum

18 Apr 2013

The US has started exporting crude oil to China for the first time since 2005, which analysts say gives Washington additional leverage in Sino-US relations and has major implications for the...

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Canadian oil sands lure Chinese investors (video)

12 Nov 2012

In 1778 when Alexander MacKenzie first sighted a sticky black substance in Canada, he wrote in his journal that the locals mixed it with spruce gum to waterproof their canoes.

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Briefs, October 1, 2012

1 Oct 2012

Diaper shortage feared after Japanese blast

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Honghua Group steps up push on making tools for drilling

7 Sep 2012

Honghua Group, the mainland's largest maker of rigs for land-based oil and gas drillers, is eyeing opportunities to buy or co-operate with more firms with expertise in making drilling equipment...

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Peak oil nuts may be right, but for all the wrong reasons

27 Jun 2012

I've never had much time for the peak oil prophets of doom. To me they always seemed first cousins to the kind of people who hide out in log cabins in the back hills of Montana surrounded by...

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Shanghai exchange set for oil futures

29 May 2012

The Shanghai Futures Exchange plans to launch China's first crude-oil futures contracts this year, inviting foreign investors to participate in Beijing's latest attempt to burnish its global...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

China keeping its edge despite grim talk

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Howard Winn

If StanChart doesn't want us, why keep inviting us?

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Honghua to target shale gas projects

Honghua Group, one of the world's largest producers of land-based oil and gas drilling rigs, plans to take minority stakes in shale gas exploration projects on the mainland in a bid to forge...

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Swire to expand offshore fleet

Investment holding company Swire Pacific will spend US$1.2 billion over the next few years buying more than 20 new offshore support vessels to expand and upgrade its existing fleet of 77 ships....

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Rongsheng eyes US$800m deal to construct oil rigs

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries is set to make its first foray into the offshore-rig-building market with a deal potentially worth up to US$800 million from a Singapore-based company.

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Noble positive on Mongolia, eyes US shale

Noble is eyeing opportunities in the United States shale gas market and could see positive developments in its Mongolian mining joint venture by the end of this year, a senior executive said...

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Natural gas supply expected to surge

The contribution of unconventional natural gas to the mainland's supply is expected to surge to 30 per cent of total supply by the end of this decade from 1.5 per cent currently, according to an...

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China playing catch-up on electric vehicles

China will move faster to develop its clean-energy vehicle industry to regain ground lost to the United States and tackle the pressing issue of rising fuel consumption at home, the State Council...

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