Nexen出售给“中海油”有变数。最新民调显示：69%反对，8%支持！
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China’s Cnooc overcame the first hurdle Thursday in its attempt to complete its $15.1 billion takeover of Nexen NXY +0.12% when shareholders of the Calgary oil and gas company overwhelmingly approved the offer.
ReutersNexen’s interim CEO, Kevin Reinhart, addresses shareholders at the meeting in Calgary on Thursday.Nexen’s shareholders had suffered for years as some of its operations struggled and its share price lagged, so Cnooc’s willingness to pony up a 61% premium to Nexen’s share price when the deal was announced likely came as welcome relief.
But now state-controlled Cnooc has a tougher task: convincing regulators in Canada and the U.S., and the general public, to support the deal, the biggest test yet of the developed world’s willingness to accept Chinese capital for control of strategic assets.
With Nexen, Cnooc would gain ownership of oil and gas reserves in western Canada, the U.K. North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Nigeria.
A poll released Thursday by Abacus Data found two in three Canadian surveyed said the Canadian government should block the deal, up from 57% in August. Only 47% of Canadians surveyed were of aware of the transaction, up from 43% last month.
Some politicians here and south of the border are making noises that suggest approval is no slam dunk.
To win approval in Canada, Cnooc needs to convince the federal government the transaction will generate more economic benefits than losses. Cnooc plans to list itself on the Toronto Stock Exchange and base its North American operations in Calgary to help address such concerns.
The last time the Canadian government blocked a foreign-led takeover of a Canadian company was in 2010, when it disallowed BHP Billiton's BLT.LN -2.28%$39 billion takeover of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan POT.T +1.44%. But Cnooc, at least on the surface, may face a less hostile political climate than BHP did two years ago. Back then, the federal government had to deal with opposition to the BHP-Potash Corp. deal from Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall, who opposed a foreign takeover of the province’s vast potash reserves. And the Conservatives oversaw a minority government, with 13 sitting members representing Saskatchewan ridings.
Today, it’s a different story. Nexen’s home province of Alberta hasn’t taken issue with Cnooc’s bid. Nexen doesn’t dominate the Alberta’s energy sector the way Potash Corp. did for Saskatchewan, and the federal Conservatives now lead a majority government and aren’t beholden to opposition parties. Morever, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has actively courted Chinese investment.
Politics could still come into play. In recent weeks, Mr. Harper and other Canadian politicians have indicated they will press China for some level of market reciprocity. And Canada’s main opposition party, the left-leaning New Democratic Party, says it’s increasingly concerned about the deal, citing some Canadians’ concerns over Nexen jobs and Cnooc’s environmental record. Lawmakers south of the border have also raised concerns about the deal.
A Cnooc spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
But now state-controlled Cnooc has a tougher task: convincing regulators in Canada and the U.S., and the general public, to support the deal, the biggest test yet of the developed world’s willingness to accept Chinese capital for control of strategic assets.
With Nexen, Cnooc would gain ownership of oil and gas reserves in western Canada, the U.K. North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Nigeria.
A poll released Thursday by Abacus Data found two in three Canadian surveyed said the Canadian government should block the deal, up from 57% in August. Only 47% of Canadians surveyed were of aware of the transaction, up from 43% last month.
Some politicians here and south of the border are making noises that suggest approval is no slam dunk.
To win approval in Canada, Cnooc needs to convince the federal government the transaction will generate more economic benefits than losses. Cnooc plans to list itself on the Toronto Stock Exchange and base its North American operations in Calgary to help address such concerns.
The last time the Canadian government blocked a foreign-led takeover of a Canadian company was in 2010, when it disallowed BHP Billiton's BLT.LN -2.28%$39 billion takeover of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan POT.T +1.44%. But Cnooc, at least on the surface, may face a less hostile political climate than BHP did two years ago. Back then, the federal government had to deal with opposition to the BHP-Potash Corp. deal from Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall, who opposed a foreign takeover of the province’s vast potash reserves. And the Conservatives oversaw a minority government, with 13 sitting members representing Saskatchewan ridings.
Today, it’s a different story. Nexen’s home province of Alberta hasn’t taken issue with Cnooc’s bid. Nexen doesn’t dominate the Alberta’s energy sector the way Potash Corp. did for Saskatchewan, and the federal Conservatives now lead a majority government and aren’t beholden to opposition parties. Morever, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has actively courted Chinese investment.
Politics could still come into play. In recent weeks, Mr. Harper and other Canadian politicians have indicated they will press China for some level of market reciprocity. And Canada’s main opposition party, the left-leaning New Democratic Party, says it’s increasingly concerned about the deal, citing some Canadians’ concerns over Nexen jobs and Cnooc’s environmental record. Lawmakers south of the border have also raised concerns about the deal.
A Cnooc spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
