China National Petroleum Corp. signed a 27-year LNG purchase agreement for 4 million tons annually with QatarEnergy on Tuesday.

China had also previously offered a subsidy for EV purchases for more than a decade but the programme ended last year.

"Investment from China in this project to the tune of $4.8 billion sends a message loud and clear that Pakistan is a place where Chinese companies and investors continue to show their trust and faith," Sharif said.

The two players intend to invest up to 4 billion euros or almost $4.4 billion for the development phase of the project to be spent mostly during 2024-2026, which will enable about 100 bcm of natural gas to be brought on stream, turning Romania into – what OMV Petrom deems to be – the largest gas producer in the EU and a net natural gas exporter.

Preliminary production figures for May 2023 show an average daily production of 1 991 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

While renewable power generation from wind and solar continues to capture much of the peak power demand in The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, demand for gas-fired cooling is also up.

The Texas power grid will be severely tested over the remainder of June as the summer’s first significant heat ridge sets up across the state.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.8 million barrels to 463.3 million barrels.

Brent dipped 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.50 a barrel, WTI dropped 16 cents, also 0.2%, to $70.46 a barrel.

Наше торгово-экономическое сотрудничество развивается вопреки незаконным санкциям, которые были введены против России. Оборот взаимной торговли в январе – апреле вырос по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года на 65% и составил 5 млрд рублей, или около 9 млрд алжирских динаров.