[Azerbaijan signs agreement with ACWA Power for offshore wind and BESS projects]Within the framework of the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Committee and the 1st Ministerial Meeting of the Green Energy Advisory Committee, the Implementation Agreement on Offshore Wind Power Projects in the Republic of Azerbaijan with a capacity of up to 1.5 GW, between the Ministry of Energy on Azerbaijan An agreement on the implementation of onshore wind power projects with a capacity of up to 1GW in the Republic, and a memorandum of understanding on the development of battery energy storage systems in the Republic of Azerbaijan and ACWA Power of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were signed. Editor/Xing Wentao
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