09.01.2006, 22:33
Zitat:Cnooc pays $2.3 billion for stake in Nigeria oilQuelle:
Bloomberg News
MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006
Cnooc, China's biggest offshore oil producer, said Monday that it would pay $2.3 billion in cash for a stake in a Nigerian offshore oil field to meet demand in the world's fastest-growing market.
Cnooc will buy a 45 percent stake in Nigeria's OML 130 oil area, also known as the Akpo field, from the privately owned Nigerian company South Atlantic Petroleum, the chairman of the Chinese company, Fu Chengyu, said during a conference call with investors.
Cnooc abandoned an $18.5 billion bid for Unocal in August amid opposition from U.S. lawmakers.
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Zitat:China revises figures for economic growthQuelle:
Reuters
MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006
China on Monday revised upwards more than a decade of economic growth, confirming a long-held suspicion by economists that output had been advancing even faster than at the torrid pace that had been previously reported.
Economists said the figures strengthened the case for Beijing to try harder to restrain growth, using such measures as tightening the supply of cash in the banking system.
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