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May 06, 2015

New heads for all three Chinese oil giants
Shanghai (AFP) May 5, 2015
China has replaced the heads of its three biggest energy companies, the firms said in separate statements, as speculation mounts over reforms to the oil industry. China's Communist Party controls the management of the country's major state-owned enterprises with power to shuffle their heads at will. Industry giant China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) said in a statement that chairman Zhou Jiping had stepped down due to age, to be replaced by Wang Yilin, previously head of offshore oil firm CNOO ... read more

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