[Development of the world's first commercial reactor carbon 14 targets started]China Nuclear Power News, on September 3, Qinshan Nuclear Power, Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, and China Nuclear North Nuclear Fuel Element Co., Ltd. held the first batch of commercial reactor carbon 14 target development and launch video conference. It is reported that the use of commercial reactor irradiation to produce carbon 14 technology development project is the world's first case, and has now entered the implementation stage. The convening of this meeting marked the entry of a new stage of the radiation production carbon-14 project jointly carried out by the three parties. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On September 15, 2026, the Qatar BH EPIC project of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) started construction in Qingdao. This is the highest international offshore oil and gas engineering general contracting project in China to date, with a total amount of approximately 4 billion US dollars. The project includes more than 60 offshore oil and gas facilities, 40 submarine pipelines and cables, and a total steel processing capacity of over 130000 tons. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, CNOOC Engineering has undertaken over 170 overseas projects, and its global competitiveness in high-end offshore engineering contracting continues to improve. Editor/Cheng Liting
On September 14, 2026, Nigeria's Dangote Refinery officially launched a public IPO, issuing 4.1 billion shares at 525 naira per share, fully subscribing to raise 2.15 trillion naira. The funds will be used to double the refining capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day. Previously, a $2.5 billion institutional private placement was completed in July, and the public subscription period for this time is until October 13th, with a minimum subscription threshold of 10 shares. For overseas Chinese enterprises in petrochemical equipment and engineering, they can follow up on the subsequent expansion and procurement process by combining the already established process cooperation directions. Editor/Cheng Liting