Dateline 2013-07-09:
Up to 60 companies have expressed interest in Newfield Exploration Co’s oil and gas (O&G) assets in Malaysia and China, indicating strong interest for the assets which sources said are priced at around US$1.7bil (RM5.27bil).
However, less than half of the companies that had expressed interest have been issued with the info memo on the deal by Goldman Sachs and in accordance with the wishes of Texas-based Newfield. Stage 1 for bid submission is on July 16.
Bidders are now sorting out their funding arrangements for the planned acquisition while some are also looking to team up with other O&G players for joint-bids.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 
Isn’t it obvious if petronas would be the key decider of the winner?..huhuhu..
Isn’t that too obvious if Petronas would be the key decider of the winner? Huhuhuhu…
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/128461/Exxon_Shell_Advance_in_Newfields_Asia_Auction_Sources
Asrulalias : is this a case of workers just changing the colours of their coveralls, like when maintenance contracts expire?
I guess so boss and I knew that all the permanent staffs received their envelope from the NFX management long time ago…not too sure what is the package that they offered..
Now it is confirmed!
http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1341129.ece
Hurm….
Asrulalias: thanks for the update. My news is never the latest, but I catch up eventually.