Colin Shek
China editorColin Shek directs editorial coverage of China's natural gas sector as the China news editor, and is also the Shanghai bureau chief for Interfax news agency. He joined the bureau in late 2010 and has reported on several industries in China including technology, telecommunications, media and agriculture. In the UK, he was a corporate finance journalist for a business-to-business magazine in Birmingham.
China gas industry must address pricing issue
China’s gas industry has a problem with pricing, with policymakers needing to strike a balance between ordinary households and big corporate players.
18 November 2014
China and Russia close in on second major pipeline deal
Beijing and Moscow have signed an MOU on the supply of Russian gas from western Siberia into China, but it is unclear what this signals about the progress of the deal.
10 November 2014
China’s MLR fines signal stance on shale slackers
China’s main state agency for shale gas has fined developers – including Sinopec – for the first time because they have failed to meet spending commitments.
7 November 2014
Oil prices dent PetroChina and CNOOC Q3 profits
The recent fall in oil prices weighed on the Q3 results of PetroChina and CNOOC, but both managed to pump more gas than a year earlier.
30 October 2014
China takes more LNG from a greater range of sources
China has continued to diversify its LNG sources in 2014. It imported the fuel from 18 countries in Q1-Q3 this year, compared with 13 in 2013.
27 October 2014China gas demand to reach 335 bcm/y by 2017 – Woodmac
China’s demand for gas will increase to 335 billion cubic metres per year by 2017, as a result of favourable environmental policies aimed at cleaning up the country’s toxic smog, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report released on Monday.
20 October 2014
Chinese challenges to foreign gas companies
In the second of a two-part interview, Interfax talks to Peter Han, Asia president of Chart Industries, about doing business in China and the impact of a corruption probe into one of its biggest customers.
14 October 2014
Chinese LNG entering ‘golden’ decade
In the first of a two-part interview, Interfax talks to Peter Han, Asia president of US technology manufacturer Chart Industries, about the evolution of China’s gas market and how it will look in the future.
13 October 2014
Western route to China the holy grail for Moscow
Russia is looking to close a western pipeline deal with China that could have wide-ranging consequences for the European gas market.
25 September 2014
ENH looks for an apprentice role in Mozambique LNG marketing
Mozambique’s national oil and gas company ENH wants to get more involved in marketing the LNG from Anadarko and Eni’s offshore projects.
25 September 2014
Pavilion advances Asian ambitions with BP deal
Pavilion Energy has ramped up its drive to become a major player in the Asian LNG market by striking a new long-term supply deal that will increase its offtake commitments by more than a third.
24 September 2014
Chinese oil rig to revisit disputed waters in 2015
China’s biggest oil rig will return to drill in a disputed area of the South China Sea next year, raising the chances of another crisis between Beijing and Hanoi in 2015.
18 September 2014
Sinopec set for $17.5 bln windfall from stake sale
Sinopec will sell nearly 30% of its retail business to a diverse group of investors that includes insurers, banks and Chinese internet giants.
15 September 2014
CNPC’s shale gas projects reeling from graft probe
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s war on corruption has hit CNPC’s shale gas exploration hard, with work at several sites stopped because of the number of people detained.
12 September 2014
CNOOC offers 33 blocks in latest offshore tender
China National Offshore Oil Corp. has put 33 offshore blocks up for joint development with foreign companies, the bulk of which lie in the South China Sea.
11 September 2014
YPF woos Sinopec, CNOOC for Vaca Muerta
YPF is seeking to secure concrete investment pledges from Beijing for Vaca Muerta this week, according to Buenos Aires-based sources.
2 September 2014
China’s gas vehicles aim to swerve past price hike
China is preparing to raise wholesale gas prices, which in turn will lift fuel prices for gas vehicles, but experts are confident the impact can be mitigated.
1 September 2014
Winners and losers expected in new Chinese price rise
China’s wholesale gas price rises will have a mixed impact when they come into effect next month, with LNG producers and gas-fuelled vehicles set to bear the brunt.
20 August 2014
China distributors confident of price pass-down
Chinese city gas operators do not expect problems passing on higher wholesale fuel costs to commercial and industrial customers, as gas will remain more affordable than other energies.
15 August 2014
China’s gas price reforms march on with new rise
China will raise non-residential wholesale gas prices across the country at the start of September, bringing it closer to market-based pricing.
12 August 2014About 175 article(s)