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CHINA PRESS:Sinopec,CNPC To Form JV;End Jet Fuel
Monopoly
Aug 04, 2005 - 21:07:30 HKT
Dow Jones Newswires
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China Aviation Oil Holding Co., China Petroleum &
Chemical Corp., or Sinopec Group, and China National Petroleum Corp. will
set up a joint venture company this month that may end CAOHC's
monopoly of the aviation oil market, China Business News reports.
CAOHC will hold a 51% stake in the new joint venture company, while
Sinopec Group and CNPC will hold 29% and 20% respectively, CAOHC's
spokesman Bian Hui tells the paper.
CAOHC is the parent company of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp.
(C47.SG). Sinopec Group is the parent company of Sinopec Corp.(SNP),
while CNPC is the parent company of PetroChina Co. (PTR)
Sinopec Group and CNPC also plan to team up with China Ocean Aviation
Group Inc. to set up an aviation oil joint venture.
China Ocean Aviation is a state-owned enterprise and has a wide range of
businesses that cover ocean and air transportation and engineering.
The three parties have submitted a primary proposal to the General
Administration of Civil Aviation of China for approval.
Once the proposal is approved, the three parties will come up with a
working plan on how to form the joint venture, the paper reports.
Currently, the supply of jet fuel and jet fuel storage facilities in China are
fully controlled by CAOHC, the paper reports.