CNOOC Buys LNG Cargoes As Demand Rebounds

China’s offshore oil and gas major CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK has bought more than 10 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery between July and next March, reports Nasdaq.

China’s economy rebound

The state-owned firm’s purchase is on the back of higher spot LNG prices LNG-AS, which have doubled since early March, as China’s gas demand grows with rebounding economic growth.

CNOOC bought 12 to 15 cargoes, which is higher than the 10 cargoes it initially sought for the period, two of the sources said.

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https://mfame.guru/cnooc-buys-lng-cargoes-as-demand-rebounds/

CNPC Made New Oil Discovery in Northeastern Upper Nile State

A consortium led by China’s state-run CNPC has made a new oil discovery in South Sudan’s northeastern Upper Nile state with more than 300 million barrels of recoverable oil, the country’s oil minister Awow Daniel Chuang said Tuesday, reports  NeighborWebSJ.

Awow Daniel Chuang Comments

An exploration well near the Adar oilfield in Block 3 in the Melut Basin near the border with Ethiopia and Sudan penetrated reservoir quality Miocene sandstones after drilling to a total depth of 1,320 meters,...

https://mfame.guru/cnpc-made-new-oil-discovery-in-northeastern-upper-nile-state/

5 Million Tonnes of Clean Marine Fuel Export Quotas

China has issued 5 million tonnes of clean marine fuel export quotas in the first release for 2021, to five companies including a private refiner, according to two trading sources with knowledge of the matter, says an article published in reuters.

Very low sulfur fuel oil

The quotas for the very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) were granted to state-run Sinopec, CNPC, CNOOC, Sinochem and privately controlled Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp.

The Ministry of Commerce, which is in charge of issuing the...

https://mfame.guru/5-million-tonnes-of-clean-marine-fuel-export-quotas/

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