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From:mark.taylor@enron.com
To:anita.fam@enron.com
Subject:LNG hedging for China
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Date:Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:58:00 -0800 (PST)

Anita:

I seem to remember that our traders in Singapore did a deal with a PRC
company a while back and it was our conclusion at the time that it was a very
dangerous (perhaps unenforceable) thing to do. My vague memory is that only
financial institutions could enter into derivatives in the PRC and even then
there was invariably a sovereign immunity risk. Do you remember this and can
you refresh my recollection?

Mark
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From: Heather J Mitchell AT ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@CCMAIL on 11/09/98 04:50 PM
To: Mark - ECT Legal Taylor@ECT
cc: Doug Leach@ECT, "Margarita G Jannasch/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT" AT
ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@CCMAIL
Subject: LNG hedging for China




Mark,

Cynthia Scneider recommended I check with you on the ability of Chinese
government-owned entities to enter into derivative contracts with Enron. Has
ECT done any research on China? Please see the e-mail below for details on
counterparty, size, term, etc.

Thanks,
Heather Mitchell
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11/09/98 04:42 PM ---------------------------


Heather J Mitchell
11/05/98 03:36 PM

To: Cynthia L Schneider@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Doug Leach@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
Subject: LNG hedging for China

Cynthia,

The EI LNG Group is looking at providing LNG price risk management for China.
Could you please confirm whether China National Oil Company (Corp.?) and
China State Power Corp. are creditworthy counterparties? Before Doug and I
talk to the traders I want to see whether we would even be willing to sell
LNG risk management to them.

The structure the group is most likely interested in is 500,000 MT to
1,000,000 MT per year for five to 20 years (depending on what our traders are
comfortable with). I imagine the Chinese would be interested in a cap or
collar, and not a fixed price.

What other info do you need for a quick estimate?

Thanks,
Heather