Japan typically takes high-CV, low-ash coal from Russia

The Memorandum of Understanding is to manufacture and sell turnkey power plants combining Samsung Heavy Industry’s ship-building expertise and the Danish company’s Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR).

The Chinese oil group CNOOC is seeking to raise CNY28.1bn (US$4.4bn) in a share listing in Shanghai (China), offering CNY10.8/share (US$1.7/share).

Kyrgyzstan has 4.4 GW of installed capacity, with 3.7 GW of hydro (end-2020).

Fuel oil represented the bulk of the exports to China, with 394,200 mt exported, 43.6% higher on the month. Diesel exports recorded similar growth of 39.5% to 343,100 mt. Bitumen and residue amounted to 18,700 mt, marking a 34.9% increase on February. Overall, 756,900 mt of oil products headed to China last month.

Natural uranium required for India's pressurised heavy water reactors operating under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards was imported from Kazakhstan, Canada, Russia and France

Our relations are a strategic partnership, even a specially privileged strategic partnership, as our Indian friends called it some time ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order March 31 prohibiting supply of Russian gas to countries that have imposed sanctions against Moscow if they refuse to pay for imports in rubles.

We imported from Russia just 0.419 million mt in the April-December period of the current fiscal year 2021-22 (April-March). That is just 0.2% of the total requirement.

CNOOC has a 10% stake in the 19.8 million mt/year Arctic LNG 2 project, which is also its solo asset in Russia.

"Japan has a stake in Sakhalin 2, which is contributing to securing long-term, stable and low-priced supply of LNG. It is an extremely important project for Japan's energy security," Kishida told parliament.

China will pursue its strategy to reduce the share of coal in its energy consumption, aiming to reach 17.3% of non-fossil energies in its total energy consumption in 2022, up from 16% in 2020.

Sinopec's crude oil production almost reached 280 mbl in 2021 (39 Mt, -0.2% on 2020), including 250 mbl in China (stable) and 30 mbl overseas (-1.8%).

"Currently the company's operations and business in Russia are largely running smooth and there are no signs of asset impairment," Sinopec's President Yu Baocai told investors and reporters during a call following its 2021 earnings release.

Japan's Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development (SODECO) owns a 30% stake in the Sakhalin-1 project from which Exxon has said it would exit. Japex owns 15.285% in SODECO.