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Markets

PetroChina sees profits plunge by 70% in 2015

PetroChina , China's biggest oil and gas producer, reported a 70 percent slump in its full-year 2015 profit, with earnings upstream and in the marketing segment both taking a hit from lower prices.

Oil & Gas

Rise in China oil demand

China's oil demand between January and February rose by 0.6% compared with the year previously, according to new data.

Markets

London stocks down amid worry over weak world growth

European stock markets opened lower following steep overnight losses in Asia, amid concerns over sliding oil prices and slowing world growth. In London, the FTSE 100 Index fell just under 1%, or 52.3 points to 5826.2, after China’s Shanghai Composite tumbled more than 6% as traders also worried over easing growth in the world’s second largest economy.

Markets

IMF cuts global growth forecasts amid China concerns

Slowing growth in China and rising geopolitical tensions has led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut its growth forecasts for the next two years. In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF predicted world growth of 3.4% this year followed by 3.6% in 2017.

Asia

CNOOC and CGN strike strategic deal

CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) and (CGN) China General Nuclear Power Corporation have signed a strategic framework agreement on offshore oil and nuclear power.

Markets

Oil jumps from 12-year low as China volatility dominates markets

Oil was swept along by volatility in Chinese markets, rallying from a 12-year low as the country sought to quell losses in its equities and stabilize its currency. Futures rose as much as 3.2 percent in New York after China suspended a controversial equity circuit breaker system and its central bank set the yuan’s reference rate little changed after an eight-day stretch of weaker fixings. Crude slid Thursday to the lowest since December 2003 as market turbulence reverberated across the globe amid concern over economic growth in the world’s biggest energy consumer.