China's latest and boldest bid to gain a strategic position in Nigeria's oil industry sets the stage for a showdown with western oil companies over control of some of the country's vast crude reserves.
The Financial Times has established that top Nigerian officials are discussing a proposal from CNOOC, a Chinese state-owned energy group, to acquire stakes in 23 prime oil blocks.
Until now, despite a furore over China's quest for African oil, its agreements in Sudan, Angola and elsewhere amount to only 3 per cent of the continent's reserves, according to Stewart Williams, senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie, an energy consultancy.
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