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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Chevron Sign $15 Billion Deal to Supply LNG to Tohoku Electric Power Company

Chevron Sign $15 Billion Deal to Supply LNG to Tohoku Electric Power Company

With the expansion of Asian economies, and especially as a result of Japan shutting down its nuclear industry, demand for fossil fuels is high in the East.The $29 billion Wheatstone natural gas project just off the coast of Western Australia is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this high demand.  The project, owned by Chevron Australia (72.14%), Apache Corporation  (13%), Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (7%), Royal Dutch Shell (6.4%), and Kyushu Electric (1.46%), consists of a domestic gas plant and two liquefied…Read more...

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