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A Exmar signs LOI

Energy to receive authori-

Exmar signed a letter of intent zation to export domestic (LOI) with LNG Partners, LNG to free trade agreement

LLC and LNG BargeCo BVBA countries. Located in the Port for the long-term charter of of Brownsville, Annova’s a Floating Liquefaction & facility is in its initial stages

Storage Unit (FLSU) to serve and is expected to be in- the BC LNG Project near service by mid-2018. The

Kitimat, British Columbia, facility’s output is expected

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Canada. The two companies to reach 2 MTPA (1 MTPA per have invested in a joint ven- train). Annova’s facility was ture company appropriately designed to be small enough named Marching Prospect to sell 100% of its volume in

Limited. The new company long-term tolling agreements

C B will acquire interests in the to buyers in FTA countries,

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BC LNG Project upstream of with the scalability in place to the FSLU. In addition, Exmar expand to 6 MTPA. has loaned US$47,600,645

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Transboundary to fnance a non-refundable

H may head to committee deposit for the FLSU’s construction. The US Senate bill ratifying

I the US-Mexico Transboundary

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Technip

Hydrocarbon Agreement, scores GOM gig

S. 812, is reportedly on its

Houston-based LLOG way to a conference com-

Exploration awarded Technip mittee. The Senate’s ver- a contract for the develop- sion of the bill, passed last ment of the Delta House feld. month (October), differed

Technip is tasked with project from that of the US House of management, engineering, fab- Representative’s version. The rication, installation and pre- House ratifed the agreement commissioning of more than but exempted US companies operate a yard facility in gas, the company confrmed. 200km of infeld and export engaged in joint exploration Mexico specializing in con- Total reserves of the Breagh fowlines and risers. Overall agreements with Pemex from struction, maintenance, and feld are estimated at approxi- project managemet will be complying with Dodd-Frank repair of platforms and other mately 19.8 Bcm.

handled by Technip’s Houston disclosures. Senate’s ver- larger vessels. The yard will be

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Cyprus estimate offce. The infeld fowlines sion also ratifes the deal, located in the Port of Altamira, revised and risers will be welded but without the fnancial in Tamaulipas state. The total at the company’s spool- disclosure exemption. The yard development cost will be Noble Energy, Inc. down- base in Mobile, Alabama. US-Mexico Transboundary around US$400 million, with graded the gross resource

The offshore installation is Hydrocarbon Agreement that the frst phase estimated at potential of its A-2 appraisal expected to be performed in would allow for joint oil and about US$150 million. well, drilled on the Block the 2H 2014 by vessels from gas exploration between the 12 discovery offshore the

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Breagh in production

Technip’s feet: the Deep Blue two countries within the Gulf Republic of Cyprus. With the will lay the deepwater infeld of Mexico (GOM). Production has begun on RWE reserve potential initially set lines while the G1200 con- Dea UK’s Breagh gas feld between 5-8Tcf, the company

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Keppel, PEMEX struction vessel will install located in Blocks 42/13a and has now lowered its fgures to develop yard the export fowlines. 42/12a in the UK sector of 3.6-6Tcf. The Houston-based

Keppel Offshore & Marine the southern North Sea, about company said the test was

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Annova LNG signed a memorandum of 65km off the coast of north- limited by surface equipment. fles for export understanding (MOU) at east England. The frst three Noble operates Block 12 off-

Houston-based Annova LNG the Ministry of Affairs in wells brought into production shore the Republic of Cyprus

LLC has fled an application Singapore with PEMEX to had an initial total fow rate with a 70% working interest. with the US Department of jointly develop, own and of 2.75 MMcm/d of natural Delek Drilling and Avner Oil

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