The syncrude stake sale is the second big deal announced by conoco in a matter of weeks .
辛克鲁德项目的股权出售,是康菲公司在几周内宣布的第二笔大交易。
Last month sinopec , a chinese oil company , announced it would pay $ 4.65 billion for a 9 % stake in syncrude canada , the largest operator in the sands .
Canada gets plenty of foreign investment : syncrude , one of the biggest oil-sands developers , is a joint venture that includes american , chinese and japanese partners .
" It 's the uncertainty , " says marcel coutu , the boss of canadian oil sands , a firm that owns 37 % of syncrude . " No one knows when or whether those pipelines will be built . "