oil and gas

Hengyuan buys Shell Refining Malaysia

The private Chinese refinery company is paying $66m for a 51% stake but the total cost is set to rise to $480m once debt and upgrade requirements are factored in.
February 02, 2016

Petronas in $5b blockbuster bond issue

Malaysian national oil giant prices Asia's second largest corporate dollar bond, comprising of an Islamic and three conventional tranches.
March 11, 2015

Medco Energi refines spending plans

The Indonesian oil and gas company re-tweaks its capital expenditure plans and mulls cheap Singapore dollar bond as lower oil prices threaten profitability
February 08, 2015

Canada approves Cnooc’s Nexen acquisition

Canada’s leaders defy domestic support for resource nationalism and allow Cnooc’s purchase of Nexen and Petronas’s takeover of Progress to go ahead.
December 10, 2012

Cnooc goes shopping in Australia

Cnooc will pay $1.93 billion for a supply contract and a stake in one of BG Group’s LNG projects in Australia.
November 02, 2012

Sinopec underscores demand for long bonds

Asia's debt markets are selectively open as Sinopec and Vietinbank close bonds while China Zhengtong Auto and Baoxin Auto are said to have held off pricing last week.
May 13, 2012

Cnooc's undersized 30-year bond attracts huge interest

Cnooc, a state-owned Chinese oil company, draws $17 billion of demand for its 10- and 30-year bonds, but leaves investors clamouring for more after refusing to upsize the popular longer-dated tranche.
April 26, 2012