About C1 Energy

C1 Energy Ltd, or C1, is a subsidiary enterprise solely invested by CBI (China) Co., Ltd., the largest integrated service provider in Chinese commodity markets. C1 is the sole brand of CBI China’s oil and gas business. Founded in May 2000, C1 is the first independent and professional petroleum market reporter and pricing agency established in China. It has been recognized as one of the leading intelligence providers for China’s energy markets.

Over the years, C1 has been persistently providing the market with first-hand, professional, unbiased and reliable market intelligence and trading benchmarks. Without any investment background from any petroleum market player, C1 has always regarded independence as its cornerstone underlying its primary mission. C1 takes professionalism as its core competitiveness. With a team of over 100 professionals, it is widely acknowledged as one of the best intelligence sources on China’s oil/gas markets by both domestic and international market players. Its subscribers span over 30 countries, and include key domestic majors and corporations, international oil majors, major producers, refiners, trading and brokering houses, numerous western banks and funds, as well as international organizations, such as OPEC.

C1 Energy Ltd merged with CBI (China) CO., Ltd in December 2007. With the solid business foundation, market development capacity and the extensive market reach of CBI China, coupled with the international influence and accomplished professionalism of C1 in providing unsurpassed reporting for China’s petroleum market, the cooperation enhances C1’s market presence, extends its products and services, and upgrades its creativity. This further solidifies C1’s position as the leading market intelligence and benchmark provider on China’s petroleum market.

Unique

Engaged in price assessment and intelligence reporting on Chinese energy market for over nine years, C1 Energy has accumulated comprehensive data base, with prices data pool tracing back to 2000. C1 also boasts of comprehensive database on market fundamentals, oil and gas infrastructures including tank farms, terminals, and pipelines, which lays solid foundation for further market analysis and forecasts.

Independent

C1 Energy, independent of market players, ensures unbiased and reliable market information through adopting defined methodology which avoids subjective judgment.

Recognition

C1 Energy’s subscribers span over 30 countries, and include all the international oil giants, major producers, refiners, trading and brokering houses, numerous western banks and funds, as well as international organizations like OPEC, besides key domestic majors and corporations. C1’s assessments have been widely taken as benchmark in trading – leading customs take the assessments as benchmarks in import tariff declaration; domestic price bureau takes them as benchmarks in calculating governmental oil subsidies to power plants; courts used C1’s assessments in calculating contract-breaching penalties in petroleum trading; oil companies take them in performance appraisal on their sales and purchasing units, etc.