Notables from Blair Price:
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"Exxon/Mobil was selected as the Papua New Guinea Government's preferred operator for Interoil's Elk/Antelope discoveries in Gulf Province with exclusive negotiations underway."
"Other supermajors believed to have made bids include Royal Dutch Shell and French supermajor Total SA as part of a joint bid with Oil Search."
"Exxon held the advantage of offering a quicker path to commercialisation with PNG LNG project on track for first exports in 2014."
"Smaller non-operating stakes of the field might be sold to other parties. Indonesian LNG powerhouse Pertamina made a bid for such a stake according to a source from PNG industry news.net"
"Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production has PNG on it's radar"