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      <title>CNPC, Rosneft set up JV to jointly develop oil resource in Russia (www.sohu.com)</title>
      <description>Oct. 17, Rosneft announced that, the company has signed an agreement with CNPC to set up a JV named VostEnergy on Oct. 16. Rosneft will hold a 51% stake...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6931</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNPC crude oil and natural gas production increase 5.8% (www.163.com)</title>
      <description>CNPC releases the production and operation data in the first three quarter of this year. Crude oil and natural gas production grow 5.8% compared to...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6932</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Private oil companies expected to play a significant role in China's oil stockpile system (www.163.com)</title>
      <description>Last week, China officially launched its strategic oil stockpile system. About 3m barrels of crude oil have been injected into Sinopec's oil stockpile...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6933</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNPC online procurements worth nearly RMB100b over past five years (Workers' Daily)</title>
      <description>Over the past five years, CNPC completed online procurements worth nearly RMB100b. The company's online procurement accounts for 25% of total transaction...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6935</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNPC sells barrels of crude for $14.15 more than last year (www.163.com)</title>
      <description>CNPC releases its production and operation data for the first three quarters of this year. According the data, CNPC produced 626m barrels of crude oil...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6936</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China will discuss oil cooperation with Russia and Kazakhstan by the end of this year (www.sina.com.cn)</title>
      <description>Arranged by Confidence Energy from the UK, the “Third China-Kazakhstan Oil Forum” will be held from Dec. 6-8 in Shanghai. The forum will focus on...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6910</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China's private oil companies accelerates development of overseas oil resources (www.sina.com.cn)</title>
      <description>Dec. 6 to 8, the Petroleum Chamber of Commerce, affiliated to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, will hold the Third China-Russia-Kazakhstan...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6911</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>NDRC reviews systemic reform of crude oil prices with the growing appeal of lower oil product prices (CRI Online)</title>
      <description>The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is trapped by the continuously decreasing international crude oil price over the recent two months...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6913</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Pricing mechanism for refined oil undergoes three changes in eight years (www.163.com)</title>
      <description>Since 1998, China has carried out three rounds of reform on the pricing mechanism for refined oil products. In March this year, the National Development...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6914</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>“Crude oil cost calculating method” approved (www.china5e.com)</title>
      <description>Guangzhou Petrochemical reveals its “crude oil cost calculating method” is approved by state authorities and the method will influence the refined...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6915</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China imports more vast amounts of crude oil in Sept. (www.china5e.com)</title>
      <description>According to statistics compiled by the General Administration of Customs, the import volume of crude oil for China in Sept. was 13.46m tons, up 24%...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6916</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Close some oil wells in Norway causes a slight increase in international oil prices (www.sina.com.cn)</title>
      <description>As the world's third largest oil exporting country, Norway, announced to close two offshore oil drilling platforms, the crude oil futures price on the...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6934</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Wu Xiaoling: China has not used foreign exchange reserves to buy oil for stockpile system (www.ChemNet.com.cn)</title>
      <description>Oct. 14, Wu Xiaoling, vice governor of the People's Bank of China, said that China has not used foreign exchange reserves to buy crude oil for its strategic...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6912</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China kicks off oil stockpiling campaigns (www.hexun.com)</title>
      <description>Oct. 6, Xu Dingming, vice director of the National Energy Office, disclosed at a conference that, China has started to inject crude oil into the Zhenhai...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6881</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNOOC invests RMB750m to build R&D center in Qingdao (www.sina.com.cn)</title>
      <description>CNOOC has decided to establish a "research center on new technology for heavy crude processing" in cooperation with the University of Petroleum. The...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6882</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNOOC to spend RMB750m on development of new technology for heavy crude processing (www.ChemNet.com.cn)</title>
      <description>CNOOC has decided to establish a "research center on new technology for heavy crude processing" in cooperation with the University of Petroleum. The...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6880</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Substandard oil products affects implementation of Euro III standards (www.163.com)</title>
      <description>Euro III emission standards have higher requirements for the quality of oil products. If the current quality of fuel oil products cannot be improved...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6909</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China's oil imports soar (Nanfang Daily)</title>
      <description>In Sept., China's crude oil imports reached a record high of about 3.29m barrels per day, reflecting the increase in the demand for oil in developing...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6883</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>China's oil prices unchanged (www.china5e.com)</title>
      <description>Oct. 13, the international oil price has dropped to a record low this year. However, the domestic oil price remains unchanged, as oil companies need...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6884</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CNPC drills first onshore well in Mauritania (www.sina.com.cn)</title>
      <description>Oct. 13, Great Wall Well Drilling Co., a subsidiary of CNPC Group, has started to drill the first onshore oil and gas well in Mauritania . The well,...</description>
      <link>http://www.chinaenergyupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/6879</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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