China | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 32
Nosedive in Oil Prices Causes Market to Rethink Shale
The almost 10 percent nosedive in headline oil prices this week has many hallmarks of a shocking but short-lived slump, triggered by a confluence of external events and exacerbated by safety-seeking investors and mom ... Japan Protests Against China’s Plan to Develop Gas Field in East China Sea
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday that Japan has been protesting China’s construction of new gas field development facilities in the East China Sea since June 2013.
China Begins Construction of Power of Siberia Pipeline to Russia
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) started construction of the Chinese section of the Russia-China east route gas pipeline designed to pump Russian gas into the country’s northeast territory and beyond.
Thailand Denies Reports of Thai Canal, Contemplates Oil Pipeline
A deputy prime minister of Thailand has denied reports that Bangkok and Beijing have reached an agreement to develop the Thai Canal across the Kra isthmus, calling the project "stupid" and revealing that the country ...
China Moves Oil Rig Closer to Vietnam’s Coast, Pushes Conflict
China has moved an oil rig at the center of last year's violent dispute with Vietnam closer to Vietnam's coast in the disputed South China Sea, just weeks ahead of the first visit by a chief of Vietnam's Communist Pa ...
Iran Taps into Giant Oilfields Shared with Iraq
Iran has accelerated drilling of its largest oilfield which it shares with Iraq in order to catch up with its western neighbor in production
Iran Developing Own Brands of Hybrid and Electric Cars
Iran Khodro has signed an agreement with two local universities to produce hybrid and electric cars, with the first models expected to roll down the production line in the next three years.
Angola President Seeks More Non-Oil Deals with China
On a six-day trip to China that ends tomorrow, Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has pushed to broaden his nation’s relationship with China beyond a dependence on oil.
