The Australian Financial Review | Oil Search's win-win manoeuvre The Australian In May Oil Search bid for InterOil in partnership with France's Total, in a structure that would have seen them pay about $US2.2 billion in cash and shares, of which Oil Search would have contributed about $US1bn after selling some of InterOil's gas ... ExxonMobil trumps Oil Search's offer for Papua New Guinea's InterOil Exxon's $2.5 Billion Bid for PNG's InterOil Tops Oil Search Exxon Mobil trumps Oil Search in bid for InterOil |