http://www.aktiencheck.de aktiencheck.de aktiencheck.de Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:39:45 +0200 2 http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_Ltd_WKN_857988-857988-t489050 http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_Ltd_WKN_857988-857988-t489050 Oil Search Ltd. WKN: 857988, Australia shares top 5-year highs, cautious ahead of US deadlines http://www.reuters. [<a href="http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_Ltd_WKN_857988-857988-t489050">mehr</a>] http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_19-857988-t303372 http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_19-857988-t303372 Oil Search +19%, Oil Search Shares Jump on Report CNPC Venture May Bid (Update4) By Angela Macdonald-Smith Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Oil Search Ltd., the biggest holder of natural gas resources in Papua New Guinea, rose the most in five years after the South China Morning Post said the company may be a takeover target for China National Petroleum Corp. China National Petroleum and its unit PetroChina Co. are studying a bid of as much as $5 billion for the Port Moresby- based company, the newspaper reported today, citing people it didn't name. Oil Search has had talks with China National Petroleum on potential natural gas sales, not on any takeover offer, said Ann Diamant, a spokeswoman. China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, set a target for natural gas to provide 5.3 percent of its energy needs by 2010, up from the current 3 percent. Chinese and Hong Kong- based companies spent $16.4 billion the past two years buying foreign energy assets, according to data compil [<a href="http://www.aktiencheck.de/forum/Oil_Search_19-857988-t303372">mehr</a>]