Dar Petroleum Operating Co. has resumed producing oil from a number of its wells in South Sudan after almost a year, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The United States has imposed sanctions on a network of people and firms accused of facilitating the sale of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to bring Iran’s crude exports to zero.
United Energy (MENA) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese independent United Energy Group (UEG), has acquired the upstream oil and gas assets held by US independent Apex International Energy in Egypt, UEG announced on Friday.
China is widely expected to stop buying U.S. LNG on the spot market and seek to swap American cargoes from elsewhere after it announced a 15% tariff on U.S. liquefied natural gas in response to the 10% American tariffs across the board.
Oil prices edged higher but remained near a two-week low on Tuesday, as weak economic data from China and rising temperatures elsewhere dampened the demand outlook.Brent crude oil futures were up by 35 cents, or 0.45%, to $77.43 per barrel by 0930 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 30 cents, or 0.41%, […]
Trade for March-loading Russian oil in top buyer Asia has stalled as a wide price gap between buyers and sellers emerged in China after costs for chartering tankers unaffected by U.S. sanctions jumped, according to traders and shipping data.
China aims to maintain crude production in 2025 little changed from 2024, with output expected to come in above 200 million tons. In 2024, China’s total oil and gas output exceeded 400 million tons of oil equivalent for the first time, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has revealed. China’s crude production clocked in at 213 million tons (4.9 million barrels per day), while natural gas production was 246.4 billion cubic meters (bcm).
The Biden Administration’s final sanctions on Russian oil trade were the most aggressive yet and sanctioned dozens of vessels that Russia used to ship the ESPO crude blend from its Far East port of Kozmino to China’s independent refiners.
Chinese state-held oil and gas giant CNOOC is keeping its capital expenditure flat this year compared to 2024 as it lowered its oil and gas production growth target, although it still expects annual output records going forward.
The refining average constituted a dip, by the way, and that was the first dip in refining rates in 20 years. The cause of the dip was weaker fuel demand, which depressed refining margins in 2024. Oil demand in China was lackluster in 2024, with consumption growth slowed, due to weaker economic performance and a shift to electric vehicles and LNG-fueled trucks.