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Chinese Direct Investment in the U.S. Energy Economy Sources By Melanie Hart and Angela Luh July 30, 2015 China National Offshore Oil Corporation China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Statoil) (El Segundo, California) Rigzone, “Statoil-CNOOC Deal Opens U.S. Gulf to Chinese Russel Gold, Matt Pottinger, and Dennis K. Berman, “China’s Oil Cos,” November 4, 2009, available at http://www. 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