China city gas faces market abuse crackdown
China’s biggest city gas distributors are confident of not getting caught up in a crackdown on anticompetitive practices in utility markets, which will include the city gas sector.
1 June 2016
CNOOC to delay LNG terminal startups until 2020
China’s shock drop in LNG imports last year and soft gas market has prompted its largest LNG importer to defer the launch of four coastal import terminals until the next decade.
16 May 2016
China Huadian looking to double gas power capacity
State-owned player China Huadian has ambitious plans to expand its gas-fired power capacity, an executive says.
11 May 2016
Exploration deadline looms for China shale novices
Shale gas hopefuls that won blocks in China’s second auction face a reckoning over their progress as a three-year exploration window closes.
4 May 2016
CNPC to curb pipeline spending as economy slows
China’s economic slowdown has prompted CNPC to cut back on long-distance pipeline construction, while the possibility of spinning off its pipeline business still looms.
3 May 2016
China considering longer subsidies for shale and CBM
A 20-year extension to the subsidy policy for shale gas and CBM would be a clear sign of support from Beijing and buoy investor sentiment.
25 April 2016
Chinese driller Kerui still confident in strategy
Shandong Kerui’s Deputy Chairman Xia Tongmin talks to Interfax Natural Gas Daily about how the company is weathering low energy prices.
20 April 2016
China moves on $4 bln Ethiopian export project
China may soon have a new source of LNG if Poly-GCL’s plan to export gas from Ethiopia comes to fruition.
13 April 2016
Distributed generation set for a boost in China
Reforms to gas pricing and the power market have improved investor confidence in gas-fired distributed generation in China.
11 April 2016
China disappointed over LNG terminal access
Beijing’s efforts to open up LNG infrastructure to buyers have struggled against terminal owners working to protect their market share.
29 March 2016
China urged to stock up on bargain-price LNG
China’s gas importers should take advantage of the global LNG glut to secure supply for a potential boom in domestic demand, experts say.
22 March 2016
Surprise subsidy hike shows China’s faith in CBM
An unexpected hike to a CBM production subsidy could revive the stalled sector and suggests China is committed to developing the fuel.
7 March 2016
Chinese NOCs plan gas boost to bolster finances
China’s state-owned energy companies are looking to domestic gas production, including unconventionals, to shore up their faltering finances as the collapse in crude prices bites.
2 March 2016
Profitability concerns dog Datang’s CTG divestment
China’s gas price cut has weakened the project economics of Datang's two coal-to-gas plants, compounding the company's difficulties in offloading the business.
22 February 2016
China creeps ahead with CTG build-out plans
The approval of a $20 billion pipeline carrying synthetic gas from Xinjiang hints that China wants coal-to-gas projects to play a greater role, despite concerns over their environmental impact.
17 February 2016
Sinopec facing shale challenge at Fuling
The second phase of development at Sinopec’s flagship Fuling field will be tougher than the first, but the state company is reluctant to lose the head-start it has over its rivals when it comes to shale.
3 February 2016
China’s private firms ramp up overseas M&A;
China’s private companies are emerging as a small but growing force in global oil and gas M&A.; Their spending on overseas assets eclipsed that of Chinese NOCs for the first time in 2015.
1 February 2016
China’s NOCs stall on third-party terminal access
China’s state energy giants have largely ignored official guidelines urging them to open up their LNG terminals to outsiders, highlighting the regulatory uncertainty over the push for greater access.
26 January 2016
Beijing at risk from pipeline supply bottleneck
A surprise supply crunch in Beijing last month forced China’s capital to take emergency measures and revealed gas demand has outstripped pipeline supply availability.
20 January 2016
China cools research into ‘fire ice’
China’s nascent exploration for methane hydrates, otherwise known as ‘fire ice’, has stalled as the slide in energy prices has reduced interest in novel forms of fossil fuels.
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