Milliarden-Poker um die Übernahme der US-Ölgesellschaft Unocal :Die Offerte des US-Ölkonzerns Chevron über 16,3 Milliarden Dollar in Form von Aktien und Bargeld war am Mittwoch von der US-Börsenaufsicht SEC genehmigt worden. Der staatliche chinesische Energiekonzern CNOOC bietet dagegen 18,5 Milliarden Dollar in bar für Unocal. "Wenn der Preis bei 60 Dollar je Aktie bleibt, werden sie (Chevron) keine Unterstützung finden, weil die Differenz zu groß ist", sagte die mit dem Vorgang vertraute Person am Donnerstag. Er gehe davon aus, dass die Aktionäre von Unoval die Chevron-Offerte bei der Hauptversammlung am 10. August ablehnen. Chevron bekräftigte indes, das Angebot werde nicht geändert.
. Die andauernden Verhandlungen mit den Chinesen verliefen konstruktiv. Skeptisch beurteilen auch einige einflussreiche Mitglieder des US-Repräsentantenhauses einen möglichen Verkauf von Uncal an den chinesischen Konzern. Sie forderten die Regierung von US-Präsident George W. Bush bereits am Vortag in einer nicht bindenden Resolution auf, das Geschäft einer eingehenden Prüfung zu unterziehen. CNOOC als Eigner von Unocal könnte Schritte unternehmen, die die nationale Sicherheit der USA beeinträchtigten, fürchten sie. Die von CNOOC angestrebte Übernahme hat zudem Befürchtungen genährt, China sichere sich zu einer Zeit von Ölpreisen in Rekordhöhe und eines härteren Wettbewerbs um den Energierohstoff womöglich weltweit Ölreserven.Reuters
und die letzte Meldung wegen nationaler Interessen:
Bushs administration is under intense political pressure to block the bid by China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) for Unocal on national security grounds.
But it risks an almighty row with China should it intervene in what Beijing insists is a run-of-the-mill transaction that should be decided by Unocal's shareholders alone.
The scale of CNOOC's task was underlined late Thursday when the House of Representatives voted 398-15 for a non-binding resolution that calls for the US government to block the Unocal bid.
"If we allow this takeover, we're supplying China with the technological expertise it needs to become a major player in international energy," said Peter Morici, professor of business at the University of Maryland.
"Coupled with their military buildup and authoritarian systems, China becomes a threat. There's enough to block it on national security grounds," he said.
CNOOC on June 23 kicked up a political stink in Washington by trumping an already agreed offer for Unocal tabled by US oil major Chevron.
Its bid of 18.5 billion dollars is worth 1.5 billion dollars more than the Chevron offer, so on straight financial terms is good enough to warrant a vote by Unocal shareholders that is scheduled for August 10.
But in political terms, US legislators are aghast at the prospect of a communist-owned entity grabbing a slice of the sensitive US energy industry.
House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said that if the CNOOC bid succeeds, China would gain access to "cavitation" technology to dig far deeper underground than it can now.
"That same technology can be used by the Chinese to do nuclear tests underground and to mask them so we would not ever be able to detect them," she argued.
Battle has been joined in the US Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), which since 1988 has only barred one transaction out of the 1,500-odd it has examined.
That was a year after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre when a Chinese company was blocked from taking over a US firm.
The committee will only step in if Unocal accepts the CNOOC bid, which so far the California company's board has resisted in preference to Chevron's cheaper offer.
Should it decide to intervene, the committee would have 45 days to conduct WASHINGTON (AFP)
Die Abgeordneten sind entsetzt bei dem Ausblick,dass eine kommunistische Gesellschaft eine Scheibe von der empfindlichen US Energie abschneiden könnten!
. Die andauernden Verhandlungen mit den Chinesen verliefen konstruktiv. Skeptisch beurteilen auch einige einflussreiche Mitglieder des US-Repräsentantenhauses einen möglichen Verkauf von Uncal an den chinesischen Konzern. Sie forderten die Regierung von US-Präsident George W. Bush bereits am Vortag in einer nicht bindenden Resolution auf, das Geschäft einer eingehenden Prüfung zu unterziehen. CNOOC als Eigner von Unocal könnte Schritte unternehmen, die die nationale Sicherheit der USA beeinträchtigten, fürchten sie. Die von CNOOC angestrebte Übernahme hat zudem Befürchtungen genährt, China sichere sich zu einer Zeit von Ölpreisen in Rekordhöhe und eines härteren Wettbewerbs um den Energierohstoff womöglich weltweit Ölreserven.Reuters
und die letzte Meldung wegen nationaler Interessen:
Bushs administration is under intense political pressure to block the bid by China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) for Unocal on national security grounds.
But it risks an almighty row with China should it intervene in what Beijing insists is a run-of-the-mill transaction that should be decided by Unocal's shareholders alone.
The scale of CNOOC's task was underlined late Thursday when the House of Representatives voted 398-15 for a non-binding resolution that calls for the US government to block the Unocal bid.
"If we allow this takeover, we're supplying China with the technological expertise it needs to become a major player in international energy," said Peter Morici, professor of business at the University of Maryland.
"Coupled with their military buildup and authoritarian systems, China becomes a threat. There's enough to block it on national security grounds," he said.
CNOOC on June 23 kicked up a political stink in Washington by trumping an already agreed offer for Unocal tabled by US oil major Chevron.
Its bid of 18.5 billion dollars is worth 1.5 billion dollars more than the Chevron offer, so on straight financial terms is good enough to warrant a vote by Unocal shareholders that is scheduled for August 10.
But in political terms, US legislators are aghast at the prospect of a communist-owned entity grabbing a slice of the sensitive US energy industry.
House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said that if the CNOOC bid succeeds, China would gain access to "cavitation" technology to dig far deeper underground than it can now.
"That same technology can be used by the Chinese to do nuclear tests underground and to mask them so we would not ever be able to detect them," she argued.
Battle has been joined in the US Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), which since 1988 has only barred one transaction out of the 1,500-odd it has examined.
That was a year after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre when a Chinese company was blocked from taking over a US firm.
The committee will only step in if Unocal accepts the CNOOC bid, which so far the California company's board has resisted in preference to Chevron's cheaper offer.
Should it decide to intervene, the committee would have 45 days to conduct WASHINGTON (AFP)
Die Abgeordneten sind entsetzt bei dem Ausblick,dass eine kommunistische Gesellschaft eine Scheibe von der empfindlichen US Energie abschneiden könnten!
