EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden tried to broker a $120million oil deal between Chinese energy firm now under US sanctions and former Kazakhstan prime minister who has been accused of treason in hopes of pocketing a fortune, laptop emails reveal
Emails obtained by DailyMail.com show Hunter Biden worked with former Kazakh prime minister Karim Massimov to try to pull off a $120M pipeline deal
The oil deal involved Massimov, who's now accused of treason, and the State China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), now under US sanctions
The president's son traveled to Beijing and Kazakhstan in 2014 and 2015 to broker the deal on behalf of a Ukrainian gas firm Burisma as a board member
The venture came years after a similar oil deal had faced opposition from Western energy firms
Devon Archer, Hunter's longtime friend and business partner at Burisma wrote to Hunter that he was excited that the offer could make them rich
Emails show their plan was for the Kazakh government to grant drilling rights to CNOOC, with the rigs and wells being operated by Burisma
It is unclear from Hunter's emails whether they pulled off either deal
The State Department's sanctions only cover CNOOC's activity in the South China Sea, not their other global operations
By Josh Boswell For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:48 EST, 8 February 2022 | Updated: 10:48 EST, 8 February 2022
Hunter Biden was working with a Chinese oil company in Kazakhstan that is now under US sanctions and a former Kazakh prime minister now accused of treason to broker a lucrative pipeline deal.
Emails obtained by DailyMail.com show the president's son teamed up with the former Kazakh prime minister Karim Massimov, now facing charges of high treason, to try to pull off a $120million pipeline deal after similar ventures had faced opposition from Western energy firms.
There is no indication Massimov’s charges are connected to Hunter’s pipeline deal.
One of Hunter's proposed Kazakh energy deals involved the State China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), one of China's biggest oil firms.
The company was sanctioned in 2020 and again last year for its alleged involvement in the Chinese government's 'coercive behavior in the South China Sea'.
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