The nationalisation by Argentina of Spanish controlled oil company YPF has reportedly blocked long time hopes by China's Sinopec of buying YPF. <br /><br />The Financial Times says Spain's Repsol had been talking with the Chinese state owned firm for years about a sale of YPF and a Chinese financial website quoted a source as saying they were very close to a deal. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/