Jiangxi’s H1 gas consumption jumps by 45% - Interfax | Central China’s Jiangxi province consumed 45% more gas in H1 2013 than a year ago, according to the local arm of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Hess, PetroChina sign China's first shale oil deal - Reuters Hess
Hess Corp, which has experience with shale oil in North Dakota, signed the deal on Tuesday to explore and develop the 800 square-kilometre Malang block of Santanghu basin in China's northwest region of Xinjiang...In March 2012 Shell landed the country's first shale gas production-sharing contract, also with PetroChina, to develop a block in Sichuan. The global oil major has said it will step up drilling in China this year and next... Those contracts normally last 30 years, with the foreign party bearing all the cost of exploration, and the Chinese firm has the right to back in with a maximum 51 percent interest during the production stage.
China Petroleum wins $548m Iraqi oilfield contract - Trade Arabia/Reuters | China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) has won a $547.95 million service contract to develop Iraq's Halfaya oilfield, Iraq's cabinet said on Wednesday...CPECC, which is affiliated to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), will handle engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work at the oilfield, which is forecast to produce 535,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in 2017, Iraq's oil ministry has said.
Tanzania: China to Build Tanzania Gas Pipeline - East African Business Week
...Presently only 20% of Tanzanians have access to grid electricity...One ambitious project is the 534-kilometre long Mtwara-Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline. The government has already secured a $1.2 billion loan from Exim Bank of China to finance the project. Construction of the pipeline is expected to take 16 months with planned extensions to Tanga, Arusha and Mwanza regions...The pipeline is expected to supply 103 million cubic metres of gas to Dar es Salaam.
Trinidad, China Talk Energy - Caribbean Journal
Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine met last week with Chinese officials to discuss the establishment of direct trade of liquefied natural gas...Ramnarine’s talks with Zhang Yuqing, deputy head of China’s National Energy Administration, followed up on matters raised during the visit by Chinese President Xu Jinping to Trinidad in June, according to a statement from the Ministry.