????2013年,，中國(guó)海洋石油有限公司（CNOOC）斥資151億美元來(lái)完成對(duì)總部位于加拿大艾伯塔卡爾波里的Nexen的收購(gòu)。

????而據(jù)《投資者每日商報(bào)》（Investors Business Daily）報(bào)道中國(guó)最大的煉油企業(yè)——中國(guó)石化（Sinopec）則支付10.2億美元，購(gòu)得了切薩皮克能源（Chesapeake Energy）位于美國(guó)俄克拉荷馬州北部、名為“Mississippi Lime”的85萬(wàn)英畝頁(yè)巖氣資產(chǎn)50%的權(quán)益。

????2013年全年,，交易活動(dòng)總體較處于十年來(lái)峰值的2012年下降了20%,；2012年的交易總額超過(guò)了2,500億美元,。

????《投資者每日商報(bào)》稱,，2013年5月，中國(guó)石化完成了以17億美元收購(gòu)美國(guó)先鋒自然資源公司（Pioneer Natural Resources）位于得克薩斯州西部的20.7萬(wàn)英畝Wolfcamp頁(yè)巖氣項(xiàng)目40%權(quán)益的交易。

????“分析人士普遍將這些交易視為中國(guó)公司獲取頁(yè)巖氣生產(chǎn)專業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)的戰(zhàn)略性舉措,，目的是在將來(lái)把這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)應(yīng)用于中國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)新興的頁(yè)巖氣行業(yè),?！眻?bào)道稱,，美國(guó)能源情報(bào)署(Energy Information Administration)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，中國(guó)的頁(yè)巖氣儲(chǔ)量全球第一,。

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????China’s Cnooc spent $15.1 billion in 2013 to close on its acquisition of Calgary, Alberta-based Nexen.

????And China’s largest refiner, Sinopec (SNP), paid $1.02 billion for a 50% stake in Chesapeake Energy’s 850,000 acres in northern Oklahoma shale assets called the Mississippi Lime, Investors Business Daily said.

????For the full year, overall deal activity was down 20% from 2012 after that year’s decade high of more than $250 billion in deals.

????In May, China’s Sinochem completed its $1.7 billion purchase of a 40% share in Pioneer Natural Resources’ 207,000 acres in west Texas’ Wolfcamp development, IBD said.

????“Analysts generally read the deals as strategic moves by Chinese companies to gain shale production expertise, which they can then translate to China’s nascent shale gas industry. China has the world’s largest shale gas reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration,” according to the report.

This article originally appeared on Oil Patch Asia.