Strategic patterns of securing access to natural resources -- Chinese investments to secure natural resource supplies -- China National Petroleum Company and the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company, Sudan, 1996 -- China National Petroleum Company and Sinopec with Petrodar Operating Company, Sudan, 2001 -- China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and North West Shelf Venture, Australia, 2002 -- Sinopec and CNOOC, Angola, 2004 -- CNOOC and Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), 2005 (aborted) -- China National Petroleum Company and PetroKazakhstan, 2005-09 -- CNOOC and AKPO oilfield, Nigeria, 2006 -- Chalco and Aurukun bauxite project, Queensland, Australia, 2007 -- Sinopec and Yadavaran Oilfield, Iran, 2007 -- Socomin joint venture, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008 -- Chinalco and Rio Tinto, 2008-09 (aborted) -- China development bank loan to Rosneft and Transneft, Russia, 2009 -- Sinopec and Petrobras, 2009 -- Sinopec's acquisition of Addax Petroleum, 2009 -- China National Petroleum Company's development of south Pars gasfield, Iran, 2009 -- China National Petroleum Company's development of south Azadegan gasfield, Iran, 2009 -- Rare earths : a sophisticated new resource model for China? |