China Ministry Seeks Feedback on LNG as Marine Fuel

China's Ministry of Transport said on Friday it is soliciting feedback from oil companies, shipowners' and port associations, and marine authorities for a plan to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine bunker fuel.

China LNG 2018-08-13

China removes tax on gas-powered ships

China’s Ministry of Finance has scrapped vessel taxes on ships powered by gas with immediate effect as part of central government efforts to promote cleaner energy consumption and energy conservation, the ministry said on Tuesday.

China Policy 2018-08-02

Heatwave pushes up trucked LNG prices in China

Gas-to-power demand in China remained robust last week because of a heatwave that swept across the country. This pushed up prices for trucked LNG in Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hunan and Hebei by average of 4.39% week on week.

China LNG 2018-08-01

PetroChina Daqing to pay $12 million fine for price-setting

PetroChina’s Daqing gas sales unit has been fined 84.06 million yuan ($12.35 million) for anti-trust violations over the sale of compressed natural gas, China’s market regulator said on Friday.

CNPC 2018-07-31

Natural Gas Shortage Will Not Recur This Winter, China's Big Oil Firms Pledge

Severe natural gas shortfalls that occurred in parts of China last winter are still fresh in people’s memories, but officials from the country’s major energy companies recently assured the public they have taken various actions to ensure the same thing will not happen again this year.

China Natural Gas 2018-07-30

Full shift to gas in China’s winter heating systems will be difficult – Woodmac

China will struggle to fuel winter heating systems exclusively with gas because the fuel is more expensive than coal and in short supply, Wood Mackenzie said in a note on Monday.

China Natural Gas 2018-07-11

Changfeng Announces Declaration of 2018 Semi-Annual Dividend

Changfeng Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CFY) ("Changfeng" or the "Company"), announced today that, further to its announcement on May 17, 2018, the Board of Directors has approved a semi-annual dividend of RMB 3,500,000

China Investment 2018-07-06

China’s Ningbo terminal still top LNG truck shipper

China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s Ningbo facility shipped the most truckloads of LNG of China’s terminals last week. Its send-out rate was unchanged, at 250 tankers per day. Tianjin’s rate was also unchanged, at 180, while Zhuhai’s send-out increased by three, to 166.

2018-06-29

Gazprom subsidiary aiming to build gas-fired power in China and Vietnam

Gazprom Energoholding, a subsidiary of the Russian gas exporter, is looking to build gas-fired turbine power plants in China and Vietnam, Chief Executive Denis Fedorov said on Wednesday, according to TASS.

gas-fired power 2018-05-18

CNPC subsidiaries to supply Hangzhou

China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC’s) eastern sales branch and its China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering subsidiary have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Hangzhou Gas Group to supply gas to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, CNPC said on Thursday.

CNPC China Natural Gas 2018-05-11

Qinghai Oilfield supplied 102 MMcm to Lhasa

China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) Qinghai Oilfield subsidiary has supplied 102 million cubic metres of gas to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa since a regasification station went online in October 2011, according to CNPC.

China Natural Gas 2018-05-09

China LNG sellers face fight to win back buyers

China’s LNG suppliers are facing a struggle to win back industrial consumers who were left in the lurch last winter by a major price shock that made the fuel largely unaffordable and forced some gas users to switch back to coal or LPG.

China LNG 2018-05-09

PetroChina’s eastern sales branch sold 40 bcm of gas in 2017

PetroChina’s gas sales branch for eastern China sold 40 billion cubic metres of gas in 2017, Hou Chuangxin, the branch’s general manager, said at an industry event on 16 April.

China Gas CNPC 2018-04-24

China's CNOOC sold 90,000 mt of LNG downstream on Shanghai Petroleum and Gas Exchange

China National Offshore Oil Corp. sold 90,000 mt of LNG in the downstream market for delivery in the second half of this year on the Shanghai Petroleum and Gas Exchange, according to the Chinese exchange.

China LNG CNOOC 2018-04-23

China's ENN Energy posts 30 pct profit rise on bumper gas sales

China’s ENN Energy Holdings, an independent natural gas distributor, recorded a 30 percent increase in profit last year on revenue up 41.5 percent thanks to bumper gas sales.

China Shale Gas 2018-03-23

China's Hunan province to free up natural gas prices for vehicles from April 1

China’s central province of Hunan from April 1 will no longer set prices for natural gas used by vehicles, state-run Hunan Daily said, the latest region to fall in line with years-long Beijing-led reforms and start liberalizing its gas market.

China Natural Gas 2018-03-23

China's shift to clean heat will continue

China will unswervingly promote the shift from coal to clean energy, including natural gas, as heating sources while rural areas of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region consider the environmental and social benefits of such a shift

China Policy 2018-03-20

China’s domestic LNG plants reopen after shutdowns as heating crisis eases

At least 10 of China’s domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants have resumed output in the past week after the government cut off their supply, providing the first signs that the country’s gas supply crunch is starting to ease, company sources said.

China LNG 2018-03-02

Chinese LNG Plants Reopen In Sign Of Easing Gas Crunch

Around a dozen of China’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants have resumed production in recent days, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing company sources, in what could be a sign that China may have eased the order for diverting gas supplies to residential customers and that this winter’s heating c

China LNG 2018-03-01

LNG market needs $200 billion investment to meet demand: Shell

More than $200 billion of investment in liquefied natural gas is needed to meet a boom in demand by 2030, Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s top LNG trader, said on Monday.

China LNG Global Market 2018-02-27