Power generation total was 11% higher than 2019, putting the average growth over the past two years at 5.4%, the NBS figures showed.

China will release crude from its strategic oil stockpiles around the lunar new year in February as part of a plan urged by the US with other major consumers to cut fuel prices, sources say

Sinopec has operated in the district since 2013. Chinese companies operate in oil fields across Iraq, and China is main market for Iraqi oil

The offshore oil and gas producer is targeting a record output at 600-610 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) this year

Officials from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, and secretary general of GCC will be in China until Friday

Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, as well as GCC secretary general  are on a tour of China

Unrest in OPEC+ member Kazakhstan has pushed up oil prices as investors fear supply interruptions, but the uranium market appears less affected

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, known as OPEC+, has resisted US pressure for a wider opening of the taps in response to high energy prices

“Given BPCL’s borrowings, it will need approval from lenders, which would take a few months," an official told the paper

The union did not disclose what the dispute was about but rejected reports that it was solely over welfare issues

King Salman says efforts by the world's top oil exporter to maintain spare capacity had proven important to safeguarding energy supply security

Service agreement was signed with Pemex Exploración y Producción, to build a plant with a capacity of 300 million standard cubic feet per day in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz state