Less than a decade ago, Yongcheng Coal and Electricity Holding was one of China’s most celebrated energy companies. Blessed with ample reserves of high-grade coal at its mines in China’s central Continue Reading
In El Paso, hospitals reported that just 13 of 400 intensive care beds were not occupied last week. In Fargo, N.D., there were just three. In Albuquerque, there were zero. Continue Reading
Big Bend Regional Medical Center, the sole hospital for 12,000 square miles, has just 25 beds, and a makeshift Covid ward where patients are sequestered at the end of a Continue Reading
When Alina Kosova’s uncle fell ill in their Siberian village last month, the ambulance sent from the nearby city of Omsk left without him, prompting his family to drive him Continue Reading
Iraq is poised to sign a multibillion-dollar contract with China ZhenHua Oil Co., a bailout from Beijing for the cash-strapped government which will receive money upfront in exchange for long-term oil Continue Reading
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that 15 Asian nations signed last month will place South Korea and Japan in a more favorable position as oil product suppliers to China, Bloomberg Continue Reading
China’s record-high imports from earlier this year continued to slow down last month along with other commodity imports, as demand growth slackens. The average amount of oil China imported in Continue Reading
China is on a quest for world domination. Beijing has been making assertive moves into global energy markets for a while now, stepping into energy market power vacuums in largely Continue Reading
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry on Dec. 8 launched a series of oil and gas policy reviews to help meet its 2050 carbon-neutral target while ensuring a stable Continue Reading
China’s export companies plan to increase gasoline exports in December by 30.7% from November to 2 million mt, while reducing gasoil exports by 28.5% to 1.3 million mt as domestic Continue Reading
