Chinese piped-gas operator China Gas has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement and has established a JV Company with energy trader Vitol Asia to jointly expand the LNG trading market in China.
The parties entered into the strategic cooperation agreement on 25 November 2021. Pursuant to the deal, they intend to establish a joint venture company in Singapore.
The goal is to closely cooperate and leverage the advantages of Vitol Group in upstream resource acquisition. They will also make use of the China Gas market development to jointly expand the LNG trading market in China.
They want to establish the JV Company in Singapore with a 50 per cent shareholding by each party. JV will develop new customers of imported LNG in China, so as to rapidly expand market share and achieve economies of scale.
Except for the existing business of both parties in the Chinese market, resource provision for all of the new LNG import business in China will be incorporated into the JV Company.
Source: Offshore Energy
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