I think China has made an oil deal with almost every nation.
Now we're gonna take oil from the Gulf of Mexico and ship it over to them.
Heck..it's "only a few leases"
Now China's Buying Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico
snippet:
"Cnooc Ltd. is in talks with Norway's
StatoilHydro ASA over a deal for a few leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a deal that would open the U.S. Gulf to China's oil companies for the first time, a person familiar with the matter said."