中海油向美方重新申请收购尼克森

Cnooc’s $18bn takeover of Canada’s Nexenhas been resubmitted to US regulators for approval, an un-usual step that resets the clock on a deal that is set to be China’s largest outbound acquisition.

中海油(Cnooc)以180亿美元收购加拿大尼克森(Nexen)的交易申请已重新提交美国监管机构等待批准，这一不寻常的举动重启了这笔将成为中国规模最大一宗海外并购的交易。

State-owned Cnooc, China’s biggest offshore oil company, is waiting for the green light for the Nexen deal from authorities in Canada, the US, the EU and China. Regulators in Canada are expected to announce a decision by December 10.

中国最大海上石油公司、国有的中海油正等待加拿大、美国、欧盟(EU)和中国监管机构批准尼克森交易。预计加拿大监管机构将在12月10日公布审核决定。

Nexen said the companies had withdrawn and resubmitted their application to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US by “mutual agreement with the committee, without offering a reason, in a statement late on Tuesday.

在没有解释任何原因的情况下，尼克森在周二晚的一份声明中称，根据与美国外国投资委员会(Cfius)的“相互协议，两家公司撤销了之前的申请并向该委员会再次提交了申请。

Although less than a 10th of Nexen’s assets are located in the US, the Cfius review has sparked controversy, including calls from a senator to block the deal. It has also stirred memories of Cnooc’s attempted acquisition of Unocal in 2005, which was dropped after a political uproar.

尽管尼克森不到十分之一的资产位于美国，但美国外国投资委员会的评估引发了争议，包括一位参议员呼吁阻止这笔交易。这还让人想起了中海油在2005年竞购优尼科(Unocal)的尝试，当时在遭遇美国政界人士的激烈反对后，中海油收回了收购要约。

Through the Nexen transaction, Cnooc would become the owner of extensive leases in the Gulf of Mexico and the operator of several wells there, a first for a Chinese company.

通过收购尼克森，中海油将成为墨西哥湾大量租约的所有者，并成为那里数个油井的作业方，这是中国企业首次获得此类业务。

Cnooc’s acquisition of Nexen has been approved by Nexen shareholders but met scepticism from Canada’s main opposition party, which wants Ottawa to block the deal.

中海油并购尼克森的交易已得到尼克森股东的批准，但遭到加拿大主要反对党的质疑，该党希望加拿大政府阻止这笔交易。

In the US, the move to resubmit the deal to Cfius will reset the clock on the committee’s 75-day limit for reaching a decision.

在美国，向美国外国投资委员会重新提交交易申请，将让该委员会重新开始75天的审核期。

Additional reporting by Ed Crooks and David Gelles in New York

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