Bloomberg Cnooc Ltd. is searching for partners to develop oil prospects deep into the Gulf of Mexico as the Chinese giant extends its global reach. After bidding alone for exploration rights in Mexico’s first-ever deep-water auction in 2016, Cnooc is seeking deals known as farmouts, a common type of joint venture where a stake in an oil prospect is exchanged …

Bloomberg A $9 billion stake in one of the world’s biggest oil companies may not be enough for CEFC China Energy Co. A week after China’s largest private energy company struck a deal for a chunk of Rosneft PJSC, it’s been pegged as a possible investor in a Russian metals and power business and a free-trade zone in Georgia’s Black …

Bloomberg NTPC Ltd., India’s biggest electricity producer, has boosted natural gas-fired generation as a drop in hydropower, nuclear and wind energy increases demand for thermal power, according to company officials with knowledge of the situation. Plant utilisation at NTPC’s gas-fired stations has almost tripled to 60 percent in the past three to four days, said the officials, who asked not …