[Russia will take full control of Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project]Russian state-owned Gazprom will retain its 50% plus 1 stake in the Sakhalin-2 project, while its foreign partners Shell (27.5%), Mitsui (12.5%) and Mitsubishi (10%) are expected to give up their stakes in Sakhalin-2 stake in the project. The economic impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Editor/Xing Wentao
On July 19, 2026, the total crude oil production of Bayan Oilfield located in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia exceeded 6 million tons. This is the second time in just 7 months to cross the million ton milestone, following the breakthrough of 5 million tons in December 2025.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On July 17, 2026, WAIC 2026 opened in Shanghai. On the afternoon of July 17, 2026, the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council held a forum on the high-quality development of artificial intelligence for intelligent empowerment, new quality, and comprehensive revitalization enterprises, and released excellent achievements in the strategic high-value scenarios of artificial intelligence for central enterprises in Baiye Zhijing and the high-quality dataset of industries for central enterprises in Baiye Zhishu. China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.'s open-pit mine unmanned electric mining truck intelligent green fusion transportation scenario, large-scale wind turbine fault intelligent warning and maintenance decision-making scenario, two high-value scenario cases, and thermal power intelligent operation and maintenance multimodal dataset were successfully selected as excellent results of a high-quality dataset.Editor/Gong Ziwei