Saturday, January 7, 2012

China's New Foray into U.S. Energy Market Shows Evolving Strategy

China's New Foray into U.S. Energy Market Shows Evolving Strategy

By Catherine Cheney | 06 Jan 2012
News arrived this week that the second-largest oil company in China has agreed to pay $900 million, and contribute as much as $1.6 billion to future drilling costs, for a one-third stake in five American exploratory oil projects. The foray into American energy investment, the first by China Petrochemical Corp., known as Sinopec, comes in the form of a partnership with Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Corp. to develop shale reserves.

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