C1 Energy The first independent and professional market reporting and pricing agency to be established in China nearly 5 years ago, C1 Energy began publishing, in both Chinese and English, on China’s petroleum markets on a daily basis from August 2000. C1 is now recognized in this industry as the leading provider of market intelligence on China’s petroleum products. C1’s international readers span 28 countries, and include all the international oil majors, key producers, refiners, trading and brokering houses, banks, fund managers, as well as The International Energy Agency and The O.P.E.C.