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China oil giant buys into North America

CNN Money -- A major Chinese oil producer has gained a big toehold in North America's energy market with a $15.1 billion acquisition of a Canadian company.

Calgary-based Nexen Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by China's CNOOC Ltd. in a cash transaction. The deal values Nexen shares at $27.50 each, a 61% premium from Friday's closing price of $17.06.

Nexen's assets in North America include exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico and shale oil development in British Columbia.
The company also has operations in the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain and off the coast of Nigeria.
Nexen said the deal will require the approval of regulators, including those in the United States. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.


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Thank you for posting.
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This still needs a government approval.
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Greed vs security. In Canada now going to belong to China, bought fair and square?
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Why doesn't China have oileir country?
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Do not buy ANYTHING made in China. You just contribute to the problem when you do.
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Not good, and Democrats and Republicans both would say "...the Chinese are our friends..."
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Yet AMERICAN AND CADAIAN companies are NOT ALLOWED to buy any Companies in CHINA. And CHINA is STOPPING certian raw materials like the METALS used in Lithium batteries from being exported, for their NATIONAL GOOD.

The 1% will sell everything for THEIR MONEY and the HELL with the rest of the people!
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Charge them a $10 billion asset transfer fee.
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Wow!
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big population there to keep working so they have the money and will buy all they can.
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not good.
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They own us!
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Ok
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Just wait and see when China wants to control their assets. They will control world oil prices and make it easier for them to get more oil. pretty scary.
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China owns us
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Watch carefully. China could cause a big problem as they acquire a large holding in energy.
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Yikes
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Not good!!!
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Time to start learning Chinese.
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they are moving in
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Cool!!!
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Do they get to vote in our election?
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People continue to rebuke President Obama (and other pseudonym's) as the root cause of all the American problems. You might as well blame Groucho Marx or Charlie Chaplin, makes about as much sense!
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Yippie
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I could hardly comprehend what's going on.
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China is every where you look and we better take notice to this and soon.
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To political.
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China is taking over slowly everywhere.
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In the case of a global shortage it will be China that will have the oil.
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China is going for global domination!!!
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Hope our government will not agree to that offer.
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The selling of Canada, like the selling of the USA.
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Well said ssect8.China will soon own this place.
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I thought they did this already when Obama sold our National Parks to China for the $800 TRILLION "loan".
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I woner how much oBaMa gets to pocket...
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China has lots of money and they smarter than the idiots in DC, especially the white house and the democraps.
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With crude oil prices dropping and exploration costs increasing, the net margin is vanishing so for a company in this situation if given a chance, they'll sell, take the money and run! It's better than turning the wells off.
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Is anyone surprised?
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they own alot already.
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Tigerpaw - "China will manage to cut themselves a deal on paying for the oil they get even from the Gulf of Mexico"
China will pay the same as anybody else as the price of oil is controlled by the commodities exchange. It goes up and down during the day on the markets.
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Really, ya think, we're going to see a lot more of that real soon, china owns us already, pretty much.
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They already own the place thanks to Zero'BOY.
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Hilarious
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ok
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Message Posted: Jul 23, 2012 11:58:29 PM

well you ca figure China will manage to cut themselves a deal on paying for the oil they get even from the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile the USA , we will continue to get it socked to us due to our inept Government.

[Edited by: TIGERPAW46 at 7/23/2012 11:58:54 PM EST]
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