crude oil
The way corporate China woos
Cnooc’s courtship of a Canadian energy company illuminates how Chinese companies plan overseas bids, say David Gelles, Leslie Hook and Anousha Sakoui
UPDATE 6-Freeport makes $9 bln energy bet; Wall Street pans deal
* Freeport to pay $6.9 bln for Plains, $2.1 bln for McMoRan
Freeport plans return to energy
Mining group plans big oil and gas acquisitions, a multibillion-dollar move that would take the group back to its roots
