Yet documents seen by Global Witness indicate the Nigerian Government may have valued the licenses at $ 2.55 billion, and that
the Chinese oil major CNOOC offered to pay $ 3.75 billion for the same licences — over six times the amount reportedly paid by ExxonMobil.
Majority of Chinese acquisitions in Central Asia have been financed by
Chinese oil majors themselves, who are flush with profits, compared to periodically declining profits at India's ONGC.
Not exact matches
Having the North American headquarters of a
major Chinese oil company might just be a good start.
Deals also take place between
Chinese majors and independent domestic refiners, and between foreign
oil majors and global trading houses.
Major Chinese oil companies, especially
oil companies whose specific mandate is to go offshore and explore (like CNOOC), obviously operate internationally.
Chinese researchers observed that lavender essential
oil would upregulate all three
major antioxidant enzyme levels in mice within the first day of treatment.
Though, for all the drama of this month, attributable to the drop in
oil prices -LRB--24 % YTD), weakness in the
Chinese economy, and a
major sell - off in equities, bond returns look relatively stable.
Though, for all the drama of this month, attributable to the drop in
oil prices -LRB--24 % YTD), weakness in the
Chinese economy, and a
major sell - off in equities, bond returns Read more -LSB-...]
The powerful works on view represent four
major branches of contemporary
Chinese art: ink painting, realist
oil painting, conceptual photography, and performance and new media art.
Hou Young's work has been exhibited in
major group shows including New voices: a dslcollection story, Klein Sun Gallery, New York, NY (2016); Dessensus Agitation - The Painting of Language, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2016); Fact or Fiction, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (2016); Omnipresent Concrete, Hunsand Space, Beijing, China (2014 - 2015); Touch, Chengdu A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, China (2009 - 2010); The mARket Summer 2009 - 2010, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China (2009); Blank Show, Inside - Out, Beijing, China (2008); Blank, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China (2007); Today Art Gallery Recent Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2006); The 3rd
Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (2003).
South America is an obvious next step —
Chinese oil company Sinochem's acquisition of a 40 percent stake in a Brazilian offshore field from Norway's Statoil in May is just one recent example of
major Asian investment in the region.