Πεμ, 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2011 - 19:19
Two of China's major oil producers are bidding for a stake in a U.S. company that makes and operates equipment used to extract natural gas from shale rock, another step toward China potentially tapping its own huge reserves of a type of gas that has helped the U.S. reduce its dependence on energy imports.
According to a person familiar with the situation, Cnooc Ltd. and China Petrochemical Corp., known as Sinopec, as well as state-controlled Saudi Arabian Oil Co. are each in talks to buy a 30% stake in Texas-based Frac Tech Holdings LLC, in a deal that could be worth about $2 billion