CITIC acquires stake in China oil-field operator wholly owned by a BVI company
According to a statement released last week to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, an affiliate of Hong Kong-listed resources company CITIC Resources, CITIC Haiyue Energy, on September 28 acquired a stake in Tincy Group, for the price of $148.18 mln.
Tincy Group, which is wholly owned by the British Virgin Islands-domiciled Far Great Investments, operates an oil field in northeastern China’s province Liaoning. In May 2007, this BVI company signed an option agreement with CITIC Haiyue, which allowed the former to buy 90% stake of Tincy Group, or 9 million shares.
Tincy and Chinese state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. are joint partners in a production sharing contract for the Hainan-Yuedong block in China’s northeastern Liaoning province until 2034. The companies signed the Hainan-Yuedong contract in February 2004.