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CNOOC mulls $15 billion JV with Repsol.


China's CNOOC CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation  is exploring a potential $15 billion joint venture with Repsol, involving the Spanish oil company's global exploration and production assets, a source familiar with the matter said. CNOOC's pursuit of a Repsol joint venture would include the Chinese company's existing plan to purchase 25 percent of Repsol's YPF YPF Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (Argentina)
YPF Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada (Airport Code)
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 oil business in Argentina, the source said.

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CNPC Commander, Navy Personnel Command
CNPC China National Philatelic Corporation (Chinese stamp authority) 
 is also trying to buy a stake in YPF. "(CNOOC) is interested in something more than YPF," the source told the press. CNOOC, China's top offshore oil group, is exploring a "partnership with Repsol involving upstream From the consumer to the provider. See downstream.

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 E and P assets in its global portfolio," the source said, adding that such a deal could be worth roughly $15 billion.

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Title Annotation:CNOOC planned joint venture with Repsol
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Date:Jul 30, 2009
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