China’s biggest state oil company Sinopec, one of the country’s top banks and its sovereign wealth fund agreed on Thursday to develop a $43 billion natural gas project in Alaska, as the cash-poor U.S. state seeks to revive its dwindling energy industry. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopec logo is seen at one of its gas stations in Hong Kong April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo The deal had been in the works since April and was sealed during U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to China. It is the second-largest pact among a slew of agreements signed during the trip between the world’s top two economies that are worth as much as $250 billion. Sinopec ( 601988.SS ), China Investment Corp [CIC.UL] and the Bank of China ( 601988.SS ) will work over the next year with the state government to hammer out the details of their […]