Liu Deschu, president and CEO of Sinochem Group, and Helge Lund, president and CEO of Statoil, sign the Memorandum of Understanding in Oslo. He Guoqiang, standing committee member of the political bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee, Gao Hucheng, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Norwayâs petroleum and energy minister Terje Riis-Johansen, and trade and industry minister Trond Giske, were present during the signing. (Photo: Harald Pettersen)
The MoU underlines the wish of the two companies to jointly investigate further opportunities in Brazil and elsewhere.
Helge Lund (left) is communicating with Liu Deschu (right) via an interpreter. (Photo: Harald Pettersen)
âIn addition, we look forward to partner with Sinochem Group in the further development and operations of the large Peregrino field. Both companies see many opportunities for value creation through increased recovery and exploration for additional resources in the decades to come. The recent transaction confirms the high quality of the Peregrino asset, reflecting Statoil's value added through the field developmentâ, says Lund.
Sinochem Group, incorporated in China in 1950, is 100% state owned and is Chinaâs 4th largest oil company and the largest integrated agrichemical product and service provider. It has been consistently named as a Fortune Global 500 company and was most recently ranked as the 170th largest company. In 2009 Sinochem Groupâs sales revenue was approximately US$36 billion, and profit US$0.9billion.
Sinochem Group has operated in the international oil business for several decades and started making its first overseas oil and gas investments in 2003. Since then it has successfully completed approximately $1.8 bn of overseas acquisitions in the energy sector, focusing primarily in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
Statoil is an international energy company headquartered in Norway. It has more than 35 years of experience from oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf and has currently operations in 40 countries. Statoil is among the worldâs largest offshore oil and gas operators and is seen as a leader in technology and resource management.
Statoil has 29,000 employees worldwide, and is listed on the New York and Oslo stock exchanges with a market capitalisation of approximately USD 70 billion. Equity production in 2009 was 1,962 000 boepd and booked reserves of oil and gas is reported at 5.4 billion barrels. For further information, please visit www.statoil.com.