(EnergyAsia, August 28 2017, Monday) — With oil prices seemingly stuck in the US$40-to-$50 a barrel range, China has been in a hurry to import crude at increasingly higher high rates. Chinese crude imports rose to an all-time high of 9.2 million b/d in March, compared with 7.6 million b/d for all of 2016, according…

(EnergyAsia, August 25 2017, Friday) — More than three years into the global energy price collapse, complacent consumers could be ripe for another shock from “substantially higher oil prices” in the next few years, according to two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco….

(EnergyAsia, August 23 2017, Wednesday) — On the back of a 13.8% surge in the first half of 2017, China’s crude oil import is on course to reach another record-high level this year….

(EnergyAsia, August 22 2017, Tuesday) — China’s crude oil production is on course to decline for the second consecutive year after registering a higher-than-expected fall of 5.1% in the first half of 2017 over the same period of 2016….

(EnergyAsia, August 21, 2017, Monday) — Russian energy giant Rosneft’s plan to export natural gas to China has been boosted by its recent sale of a 20% stake in a subsidiary firm to Beijing Gas….

(EnergyAsia, August 16 2017, Wednesday) — With an important political convention to be held later this year, China is pulling out all the stops to ensure its slowing economy will turn in a creditable performance for 2017….