Beijing — China's largest refiner Sinopec will start a 1,660-km liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in May to channel the clean fuel from its Puguang gas field in Sichuan province to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, a source familiar with the project said yesterday.

Beijing — China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd (CGGC), one of the largest engineering and construction companies involved in the Three Gorges Dam project, said overseas contracts are likely to take up half of its business in the future, according to its president Yang Jixue.

BEIJING — Oil giants PetroChina Co and Royal Dutch Shell have made a joint A$3.3 billion ($3 billion) bid to acquire Arrow Energy Ltd, an Australian coal-seam gas developer.

BEIJING — China has started "preliminary work" on the second phase of its emergency oil reserves in Guangdong to help bolster energy security and meet demand, the head of the province's economic planning agency said.

BEIJING — Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner, is considering joining forces with two global oil conglomerates to build an oil refinery able to process 12 million tons of crude per year in Fujian, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Beijing — Log on to the website of British energy giant BP and you will find an online calculator that can help you to count your energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.