Chinese state-owned energy giant Sinopec sign a new 27-yr LNG deal with Qatar

China Petrochemical Corporation, better known as Sinopec Group, is the world’s largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate. Its a Chinese state-owned firm and as such is administered by the Chinese Communist Party’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC). On Saturday Sinopec and QatarEnergy (the world’s top LNG supplier) signed

No sign of Gaza ground war. Emergency aid truck convoy enters Gaza.

A weekend update on the Middle East, where there are no reports that the ground war in Gaza has begun yet. An convoy of trucks carrying emergency aid has entered into Gaza The aid, a consignment of food, water and medical supplies, has arrived while air attacks continue The UN and US have warned Hamas

No obvious sign of weakness at this point – Scotiabank

Share: USD/CAD trades little changed in the mid-1.35s. Economists at Scotiabank analyze the pair’s outlook. Weak risk mood remains a headwind for CAD Weak risk mood and marginally lower energy prices are enough to keep the CAD tone defensive for the moment while relatively stable short-term spreads may act as something of an