Here's an classic article frm the DowJones Newswire thread frm 13/8/9, when Shell were in talks with AOE.
Notice that the 'Chinese interest' was mentioned in the article & AOE didn't quite know who that was.
Well now we know that it was Petrochina !!!
Because the other 2 Chinese majors, Sinopec were busy bidding for the Canadians (AddaxPetroleum for US$7.2b in June '09) & CNOOC were already in bed with BG in May.
AOE Price at posting:
$5.08 Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held