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Chinese Firm Shandong Xinchao Expands Its Foothold in Texas' Oil-Rich Permian Basin
PJ Media ^ | 02/02/2021 | Bryan Preston

Posted on 02/02/2021 2:03:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind

On Sunday, China’s Shandong Xinchao announced its decision to shell out $420 million to purchase oil-producing acreage from Grenadier Energy in the Texas Permian Basin.

Or rather, Surge Energy of Houston made the announcement via PR Newswire.

HOUSTON, Jan. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Surge Energy US Holdings Company (“Surge Energy” or the “Company”) announced in the US that it, through its subsidiary, has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire leasehold interest and producing wells from Grenadier Energy Partners II LLC (“GEP II”) in Howard County, TX (the “Transaction”). The aggregate purchase price of the Transaction is expected to be approximately $420 million USD.

Highlights of the acquired assets include:

The Transaction is expected to close in late first quarter.

Read the entire release and you’ll not see the words “Shandong Xinchao” in it. But Surge is that company’s creation and wholly owned subsidiary. That’s disclosed on Surge’s corporate website.

Surge Energy America was formed in early 2015 as a U.S. subsidiary of Chinese based Shandong Xinchao Energy Corporation Limited, a publicly traded company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with a strategy to make a significant acquisition in the U.S. oil shale play and pursue a long term sustainable U.S. oil & gas company. Upon entering into an agreement to purchase its first asset, Hoople Field, in early 2015, the Surge Energy organization began in May 2015 to enable taking over operatorship. Hoople Field is a 5,000 acre established water flood asset in Crosby County, TX.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: china; oil; permianbasin; texas
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To: SeekAndFind

Man, we need Trump bad!


21 posted on 02/02/2021 2:39:41 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: EEGator

Perhaps Hunter heard about Boys Town.


22 posted on 02/02/2021 2:40:39 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: eyeamok

BINGO!


23 posted on 02/02/2021 2:51:10 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: SeekAndFind

If we can ever secede, maybe we can claim it government property and boot them out like every other country does.


24 posted on 02/02/2021 2:58:33 PM PST by bgill ("Salute the Marines")
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To: Army Air Corps

He’s being a filthy deviant somewhere.


25 posted on 02/02/2021 2:59:10 PM PST by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

This is a violation of national security.

IF Biden lets this stand, it’s an impeachable offense.


26 posted on 02/02/2021 3:17:26 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: SeekAndFind

bkmk


27 posted on 02/02/2021 3:21:38 PM PST by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
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To: Army Air Corps; Arrowhead1952; NYTexan; mylife; Eaker; TheMom; laurenmarlowe; El Gato; RebelTex; ...

Ugh. Just what we need. Chi-coms in W. Texas. I had no clue.


28 posted on 02/02/2021 4:15:50 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: SeekAndFind

Howard County is where Big Spring is.


29 posted on 02/02/2021 4:16:51 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: luvie

With joe bidet in office and with the chinese buying just about everything in this country then soon we will be able to say that xi is our landlord.

How to stop it?


30 posted on 02/02/2021 4:26:59 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I always refer to Otto Preminger's quote about actors: "Actors are like cattle!")
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To: luvie

Not far from where I live.


31 posted on 02/02/2021 5:04:41 PM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

I haven’t a clue, but I hope someone does!


32 posted on 02/02/2021 5:12:03 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: Jane Long; SeekAndFind

33 posted on 02/02/2021 5:49:01 PM PST by 4Liberty (Honest GOP can’t use legal options cause Dems use illegal ones (threats). The Robert Creamer Party! )
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To: puppypusher

Just commonsense. China would never be so foolish as the U.S. and make such a deal.


34 posted on 02/02/2021 6:11:31 PM PST by WHATNEXT?
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To: SeekAndFind

good catch; tx


35 posted on 02/02/2021 6:29:10 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: SeekAndFind

I have been posting about China’s stake in Texas Oil and Gas fields for years. This is not new.


36 posted on 02/02/2021 9:02:09 PM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not only the Permian Basin but also the Dallas Chalk and the Eagleford.

The company that is mostly in bed with Chicoms is Chesapeake Oil out of Oklahoma. The Chicom bailed Chesapeake ou with a huge infusion of cash when they first sol to them when the Eaglford kicked off.

Now they are completely in bed with the gooks


37 posted on 02/03/2021 3:50:03 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Has Gov. Abbott said anything about this?

Or the state AG?


38 posted on 02/03/2021 3:52:50 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Jane Long

You are correct, all of these politicians have a piece of the pie when China opens its wallet. China knows it cannot just waltz in with it’s militarys. It has to invade via corruptocrats in DC and liberal States

Support the #TEXIT INITIATIVE. Let Texans decide by voting if they want to be a free republic once again. Time to break the ties with the 49 biotches. Join the 400 thousand others that have joined the movement at TNM.ME.


39 posted on 02/03/2021 3:58:04 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: puppypusher

Are they buying the actual land, or just the mineral rights?


40 posted on 02/03/2021 7:16:09 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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