Zhenhua Oil

Zhenhua Oil
IndustryOil and gas industry
Founded2003
Websitewww.zhenhuaoil.com

Zhenhua Oil is the oil exploration and production subsidiary of Chinese defense contractor Norinco. The company was set up in 2003.

According to the company in 2017, it maintains oil and gas exploration and production operations in 11 countries including Egypt, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Iraq.[1] In particular it is active in Iraq with upstream investments and a marketing joint venture with the State Oil Marketing Organization, the Iraqi state oil marketing arm.[2] The company is also reported to have been active in Iran, supplying as much as one third of the country's gasoline imports by 2010.[3][4] In 2017 a consortium around Zhenhua agreed to purchase gas fields in Bangladesh from Chevron, however the transaction was blocked by the local government.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "China's Zhenhua Oil setting up Singapore trading office". Reuters. March 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "ZhenHua expands China's role in Iraq's oil sector". Iraq Oil Report. March 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Lovelace, Douglas C. Jr. (2017-06-07). TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 145: The North Korean Threat. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190654221.
  4. ^ Ilias, Shayerah (February 2010). Iran's Economic Conditions: U. S. Policy Issues. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9781437920246.
  5. ^ "Chevron officially announces to stay in Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  6. ^ Das, Krishna N. "Chevron to sell Bangladesh gas fields to Chinese consortium". U.S. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  7. ^ "Chevron drops decision to sell to China and leave Bangladesh - Business News | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-08-03.