Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific

PetroViet oil hits targets

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) will strive to exploit more than 6.49 million tonnes of oil by the year’s end, including 3.88 million tonnes of...

Asia Pacific

China beats US again

China imported record volumes of crude oil last month, eclipsing the United States as the world’s top buyer of foreign oil as Beijing’s state reserves shipped in cheap...

Asia Pacific

Shell unit takes IPO orders

The Philippine unit of energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has started taking orders for a $400 million-plus initial public offering on the stock exchange in Manila, in a sign...

Asia Pacific

Pertamina gets Iran LPG

Indonesia’s largest oil and gas company, Pertamina, received its first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas from Iran last week, and is exploring options for the...

Asia Pacific

Sinochem in talks on merger

Chinese state-owned chemical companies Sinochem Group and ChemChina are in discussions about a possible merger to create a chemicals, fertiliser and oil giant with almost...