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Cnooc in 'final discussions' with Tullow Oil on Uganda projects

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-07-08 14:26
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Cnooc in 'final discussions' with Tullow Oil on Uganda projects

A security officer keeps watch outside the headquarters of China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), China's top offshore oil producer, in Beijing.[Agencies] 

Cnooc Ltd is in "final discussions" on cooperating with Tullow Oil Plc to develop three blocks in Uganda, Spokesman Jiang Yongzhi said today.

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The Chinese company is "happy" the Uganda government's conditional approval for Tullow's purchase of assets from Heritage Oil Plc, according to Jiang.