China increased imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 44.3 per cent year on year to 7.19 million metric tonnes in January-September, with supplies valued at $3.92 billion, up 38.5 per cent, according to Chinese customs data reported by TASS....
ACWA has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Mongolia’s Sun Steppe Power to explore a 4.5GW renewable energy project in Mongolia, supported by a 500MWh battery storage system, to facilitate cross-border electricity exports to China and other mutually agreed markets....
Dalipal Holdings, a leading Chinese manufacturer of pipes and equipment for the oil and gas sector, has signed a 25-year land lease deal with King Salman Energy Park to set up its manufacturing base at SPARK. The company is set to invest $600 million in the first phase of its major Saudi complex. ...
China is accelerating hydrogen energy development to support its green transition, with annual output exceeding 39 million tonnes. New pilot programmes, green hydrogen projects and more than 13,000 kilometres of completed and planned pipelines are advancing the sector’s expansion....
China’s Hade-Fuman oil field has produced over 26 million tonnes of oil and gas from ultra-deep reservoirs more than 6,000 meters underground, strengthening its role as a major oil and gas production hub in Xinjiang’s Taklimakan Desert....
China Eleventh Chemical Construction Company has secured two construction packages for an independent power project, being set up at an investment of $910 million within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, Oman. The project scope includes ground works, monitoring and lighting installations. ...
Saudi Arabia has awarded China’s Gotion High-Tech 6 GWh of capacity under its first utility-scale battery energy storage programme, as part of the $1.16 billion G1 project, thus marking a major step in its drive to expand energy storage capacity and support its Vision 2030 energy transition goals. ...
China has commissioned its first large-scale offshore wind power project featuring 18-megawatt (MW) ultra-large turbines, marking a milestone in the country’s expansion of high-capacity renewable energy....
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE) has delivered Puteri Kelantan, a newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier for Petronas LNG (PLL), at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China....
Sulzer has supplied its DEVO purification technology to BeyondPoly’s Version 2.0, 100,000-tonne-per-year polyolefin elastomer (POE) plant in China, supporting production of a material increasingly used in solar panels, electric vehicles, energy storage systems and other advanced manufacturing applications....
China discovered 200 new non-oil and gas mineral deposits in 2025, including 16 gold and 11 iron deposits, as exploration investment grew. The country also reported higher coal, crude oil and natural gas production, highlighting continued expansion in domestic resource development....
Clariant has been awarded a contract by Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) to supply its CATOFIN catalyst and Heat Generating Material (HGM) for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Zhejiang Province, China....
Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) to license its CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology for a new unit in Zhejiang Province, China. The unit will have a capacity of 1.2 million metric tonnes per annum, making it the world's largest licensed PDH unit....
Chinese group Harbin Electric International is delivering the Rumah-2 Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Saudi Arabia as part of the kingdom's efforts to advance its energy transition under Vision 2030. The company recently hoisted the Gas Turbine Unit 1 into position, thus kicking off the project's installation work. ...
Iran and China have pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose what Washington says will be the “toughest sanctions in history” on Tehran, warning that unilateral economic pressure could further destabilise the region and damage global trade....
Asyad Shipping has advanced its fleet expansion strategy with the naming of new product tanker “MT Manah” at China’s Wuzhou Shipyard, enhancing refined petroleum transport capabilities and supporting Oman’s vision to become a leading global maritime and logistics hub....
Global electric car sales rebounded strongly in the second quarter of 2026, with growth in markets including Australia, Europe, South Korea and other regions offsetting weaker demand in China and the US, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)....
China has launched its first faulted basin shale oil demonstration zone in Shandong, with the Shengli Jiyang project achieving over 700,000 tonnes of output in 2025 and holding 327 million tonnes in proven reserves....
Global chemical leader Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) has signed an agreement with China’s Rongsheng Petrochemical and its wholly-owned subsidiary Zhoushan to jointly advance the development of the Jintang New Materials Project in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. ...
China’s installed power capacity reached 4.01 billion kW by May 2026, ranking first globally. Non-fossil fuels accounted for 62 per cent of capacity, driven by growth in renewable energy projects, including offshore wind and nuclear power....
