BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s CNOOC (NYSE:) Ltd has offered its U.S. subsidiary, along with its upstream oil and gasoline property within the Gulf of Mexico, to British chemical substances group INEOS, in keeping with a CNOOC assertion issued on Saturday.
The Chinese language oil and gasoline main stated CNOOC Power Holdings U.S.A. entered right into a gross sales settlement with a subsidiary of INEOS regarding CNOOC’s upstream oil and gasoline property within the U.S. a part of the Gulf of Mexico.
The deal primarily contains non-operator pursuits in oil and gasoline initiatives such because the Appomattox and Stampede fields.
INEOS paid slightly below $2 billion for the property, in keeping with an individual with direct information of the matter who was not authorised to talk to media. CNOOC and INEOS didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The agency goals to optimise its international asset portfolio and can work with INEOS in direction of a clean transition, CNOOC Worldwide Chairman Liu Yongjie stated within the assertion.
CNOOC has been sounding out potential patrons of its pursuits in U.S. oil and gasoline fields since 2022.
Reuters had reported earlier CNOOC was contemplating an exit from operations in Britain, Canada and the USA over considerations these property might develop into topic to Western sanctions as a result of China had not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.