For the southwestern city of Kunming, China's plan to extend a high-speed rail link 3,000 km (1,875 miles) south to Singapore is already a boon: pristine expressways, a gleaming station and something of a real estate boom, as young buyers crowd (...)
China crossed the line first in the race for big oil contracts in post-Saddam Iraq and has gained a head start over Western oil majors in the competition for future energy deals.
China's biggest oil company, state-run CNPC, agreed a $3 billion (...)
IRAN's oil and gas sector is turning to energy-hungry Asia for money, expertise and technology to sidestep U.S. sanctions and pressure, but cannot find all the answers in the east.
The world's largest energy consumer the United States bars its (...)
led invasion, Iraq's oil sector is at last pumping at the level it managed under Saddam Hussein, but it could take years to make further progress.
Iraq holds the world's third-largest oil reserves, a resource key to meeting future global energy (...)
