Jared Cummans: For the majority of U.S. history, we have stood behind a currency backed by gold. That all changed on August 15th, 1971 when President Richard Nixon discontinued the gold standard in order to deal with a number of issues ailing the U.S ...

By Wayne Ma. --Shell hopes to invest in China gas, both upstream and downstream. --Shell, Qatar, CNPC Taizhou refinery approval process is advancing.

Cnooc's (NYSE: CEO ) $15.1 billion offer to buy Canada's Nexen, if completed, will be the largest international acquisition to date by a Chinese energy firm .

A strong contingent of Longwei Petroleum (LPH) investors have grown confident in holding their shares of LPH because of the recent independent and certified reconciliation of LPH's financial data conducted by LPH's auditors, Child, Van Waggoner ...

If at first you don't succeed, head north to Canada. After failing to buy Californian driller Unocal for nearly $20 billion in 2005, CNOOC (CEO), the Chinese state-backed oil giant, has agreed to buy Canada's Nexen (NXY) for $15.1 billion in the ...

PetroChina stock rocketed to ￥48.6 shortly after its initial public offering in 2007. It recently hit a record low of ￥9. Does that mean it's finally time to buy?

QUITO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's biggest oil producer, is in talks with Ecuador's government over a potential investment in the OPEC-member's $12.5 billion Pacifico refinery project, an Ecuadorean ...

PetroChina, Total, Petronas Calgari Start Oil Production at Iraq's Halfaya. 07/18/2012 | 02:34pm US/Eastern. --Iraq Deputy Prime Minister says consortium has started production of 100000 barrels a day from the field.

I used to love Chinese stocks. Four years ago, I owned several in my personal portfolio. Investing in China seemed like a no-brainer.

... includes: BIDU, CHL, RENN, SINA, SOHU. Today, New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU) revealed that the company is under SEC investigation for subsidiary ownership restructuring.