A report issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration concluded that, following a reduction in industrial pollution, chemical fertilisers, pesticides and animal waste of modern intensive agriculture were now the country's most serious environmental hazards, People's Daily said. The worst polluters were huge farms for rearing animals, which were often inappropriately sited and did not […]
Category: Energy & Environment
The west-east pipeline project led by PetroChina will charge users different gas prices, according to a source quoted by South China Morning Post. Although the company has not yet revealed its pricing structure, major potential users such as Huaneng Power International have complained that Beijing's indicative average sales price of Yn1.29 a cubic metre is […]
The state-owned oil and chemicals trading company Sinochem was close to securing its first overseas oil and gas acquisition in the form of gas assets in the United Arab Emirates. While the assets were worth an estimated US$200m, the price was finalised at US$105m. Only official approval was required before the deal could go ahead. […]
Foreign companies have clinched substantial orders to supply gas and steam turbines for large natural gas-fired thermal power plants in China. The plants are part of the central government's efforts to reduce China's dependence on cheap but polluting coal as its major energy source. A consortium of companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to supply […]
China National Offshore Corp has revealed plans to build a 2,100km natural gas pipeline linking Guangxi and Shanghai, where it will meet PetroChina's west-east project. Company chairman Wei Liucheng told People's Daily that the coastal pipeline, which would pass through the cities of Shenzhen and Fuzhou, could be completed in five years. Beijing wants to […]