The peace pact comes hot on the heels of an international roadshow currently under way to drum up investor interest in the proposed flotation of PetroChina on the stock exchanges of New York and Hong Kong. PetroChina holds virtually all the domestic oil and gas assets of CNPC and aims to raise at least $5 billion in Asia's largest initial public offering outside Japan.
Beijing rules out domestic rivalry
CHINA NATIONAL Petroleum Corporation has ordered its listed arm CNPC (Hong Kong) and soon-to-be-listed PetroChina to sign an undertaking promising not to compete against each other in the dometic petroleum industry, writes James Tham.
10 March 2000 0:00 GMT
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10 March 2000 0:00 GMT