RE: CNPC25 Jan 2024 21:04
Extracts from Business Media Article, 2017:
"On 3rd April 2017, the Georgian State Agency of Oil and Gas announced an open international tender for issuing a general license for oil and gas resource usage on V," etc, etc.
"As BM.GE was told at the Agency, the winning companies have already been revealed. Negotiations with consortium, which includes an engineering company West Gulf Petroleum, Ltd. and Chinese New Star, have been completed for the V block, area", etc,etc
So the Chinese consortium appears to have been around for as long Block.