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der Financial Times
By Angela Macdonald-Smith
June 27 (Bloomberg) -- PetroKazakhstan Inc., a Canadian oil
producer with assets in central Asia, may be sold, the Financial
Times reported on its Web site, citing people familiar with the
process.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which has been hired by the $2.5
billion company, is expecting to receive bids later this week,
the newspaper said. A Chinese producer and an Indian oil company
are the most likely buyers, though Western companies may also
decide to bid, the Financial Times said, without giving any
names.
Calgary-based PetroKazakhstan has proven and probable oil
reserves of 550 million barrels in the South Turgai Basin of
south-central Kazakhstan, the Financial Times said, citing the
company's Web site. Russia's OAO Lukoil this month filed a $200
million claim against PetroKazakhstan related to a dispute over
their joint venture, ZAO Turgai Petroleum, it said.
(Financial Times 6-26 Online)
See {http://www.ft.com} for the newspaper's Web site.
By James Politi in New York
Published: June 27 2005 03:00 | Last updated: June 27 2005 03:00
PetroKazakhstan, an oil producer based in Canada with assets in central Asia, is considering a sale, potentially turning itself into the latest battleground in the global competition for energy resources.
PetroKaz has a market capitalisation of $2.5bn. Investment bankers at Goldman Sachs, working for the company, were expecting to receive bids for it this week, according to people familiar with the matter.
A Chinese and an Indian oil company were the frontrunners in the auction, these people added, although they were careful not to rule out that a western energy company might also decide to put in an offer. No specific names were mentioned.
Because of soaring demand for oil, China and India have been seeking to gain control of assets by pushing their energy companies into acquisitions.
That policy was highlighted last week when state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation made a $20bn unsolicited bid for Unocal of the US.
CNOOC is not believed to be interested in acquiring PetroKaz.
Although PetroKaz is based in Calgary, central Canada, its assets are all in the South Turgai Basin in south-central Kazakhstan.
On its website, PetroKaz says its proved plus probable crude oil reserves have been independently assessed at 550m barrels.
PetroKaz's consideration of a sale has come as the group is facing a legal challenge from Lukoil, the Russian oil company.
This month Lukoil filed a $200m claim against PetroKaz at the International Chamber of Commerce's court of arbitration in connection with a dispute over Turgai Petroleum, a joint venture between the two companies.
The company has also been at odds with the Kazakh government over environmental regulations.
Its New York-listed shares, which hit an all-time peak close of $47 in March, have tumbled by more than 30 per cent.
On Friday they closed up 1.2 per cent at $32.51.
2005-06-30 13:31:20
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- KazMunaiGaz (KMGZ.YY) is interested in potentially
buying Canadian independent oil company PetroKazakhstan Inc. (PKZ.T), the
president of the Kazakh national oil and gas company said Thursday.
"We would definitely be interested," said Uzakbay Karabalin, speaking on the
sidelines at a Kazakh conference in London. "We have the cash and the
expertise."
The Kazakh government, which owns KazMunaiGaz, has a preemptive right to buy
a stake in the Canadian company.
PetroKazakhstan said earlier this week it had received several approaches.
Brokers put the value of the Canadian company at up to $4 billion.
-By Benoit Faucon, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 207 842 9266;
benoit.faucon@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
06-30-05 0730ET
Copyright (c) 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
07:30 063005
der Energieminister in Kazakhstan machte die Bemerkung ,dass Kazakhstan das recht hat die Zustimmiung zum Verkauf zu verweigern,daraufhin stürzte die Aktie in kanada um 13% ab und verlor fast völlig den Gewinn vom Tage zuvor
berichtet Canadian Press aus Calgary
und eine etwaige Übernahme durch die passt natürlich nicht dem Energieminister in Kazakhstan,aber KazMunaiGaz mag interessiert sein,wird aber sicher weniger bieten
Hu was scheduled to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later at his residence outside Moscow on Thursday evening, at the start of a tour that will also take him to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk to meet regional leaders. After Russia, Hu goes on to Kazakhstan and to the Group of Eight summit in Scotland
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PetroKazakhstan has been operating since 1991 in Kazakhstan, the second-largest oil producer in the former Soviet Union after Russia. The government, which wants to hold stakes in most of the nation's new oil and gas fields to ensure greater control over investment, is seeking back taxes from the Canadian company and charged two of its executives in April with breaking competition laws.
Compliance Lags
Kazakhstan used its priority right to the country's oil assets when it bought half of BG Group Plc's stake in the Kashagan oil field, the world's second-largest after Saudi Arabia's Ghawar. BG had agreed to sell its entire 16.7 percent interest in the Eni SpA-led offshore exploration project to its partners for $1.8 billion.
Shkolnik said PetroKazakhstan isn't doing enough to comply with new laws designed to curb the burning of natural gas that's produced with oil. PetroKazakhstan said last month that it wouldn't meet its output target this year of 170,000 barrels a day because of the restricting on such ``flaring'' that took effect in December.
``PetroKazakhstan ignores all the government rulings,'' the minister said. ``They continue to burn gas despite the ban.'' A plan to stop burning gas that the company announced in 2000 is being ``ignored,'' he said.
bei bloomberg gefunden von gestern