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Yokogawa Wins Mizushima Oil Refinery FEED Contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, a subsidiary that oversees Yokogawa's IA and control business in Japan, has received an order from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JXE) to execute the front end engineering design (FEED) for a project to consolidate the control rooms and systems at its Mizushima-A oil refinery.

First Oil from Finucane South Field,North West Shelf, Australia
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation ("JX NOEX") (President and CEO, Shigeo Hirai) announced today that its affiliate, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd. ("JX NOEX Australia"), has commenced commercial oil production on 16 May 2013 from the Finucane South field in WA-54-L (located 150 km north off Dampier, Western Australia) on North West Shelf, Australia.
Since the project sanction in January 2012, JX NOEX Australia and other Finucane South joint venture partners in WA-54-L, Santos Ltd (Operator) and Kufpec Perth Pty Ltd, have progressed the drilling campaign on 2 production wells and, sub-sea tie-back development work to the existing FPSO(*1) operated in Mutineer Exeter oil fields adjacent to WA-54-L. Recently the joint venture partners have completed those development work and started oil production 2 months ahead of original schedule.

Loan for Acquisition of Interests and Development of Oil Fields in British North Sea
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC; Governor: Hiroshi Okuda) signed today a loan agreement totaling up to 881 million U.S. dollars with JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (JXNEPUK), which is a British corporation wholly owned by JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX). The loan is cofinanced with private financial institutions.

Major asset acquisition in the UKCS
JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (President and CEO, Shigeo Hirai) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited ("JXNEPUK", President and CEO, Kemmei Nakata), has signed sale and purchase agreements for the acquisition from the Eni group of companies ("Eni") of an extensive portfolio of non-operated oil and gas assets in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

Restructuring Muroran Refinery
Today, refineries Muroran: (Seiichi Isshiki President), the Company: For (Director Katsunori Mitsui), after stop processing crude oil at the end of March 2014, from June 2006, distribution of petroleum products and petrochemical manufacturing reconstruction (hereinafter referred to as "the stone into a factory") because the business has decided to as a base, I will inform you.

Newly Awarded Exploration Blocks in the UK North Sea
JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corporation (President and CEO, Shigeo Hirai) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (President and CEO, Kemmei Nakata,"JXNEPUK"), has been offered eighteen (18) of the newly awarded blocks in the UKCS 27th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round, which was closed on May 2012.

Natural Gas Flow at Davy Jones No.1 in Gulf of Mexico
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation ("NOEX") (President and CEO, Makoto Koseki) announced today that one of NOEX’s 100% subsidiary companies, JX Nippon Oil Exploration (Gulf) Limited ("NOEX Gulf"), confirmed natural gas flow at an undetermined rate from the Davy Jones No.1 well *1 on South Marsh Island Block 230 in the Gulf of Mexico.

PETROVIETNAM, JVPC and JOGMEC announce success of CO2-EOR Pilot Test in Rang Dong Oil Field, Block 15-2 Offshore Vietnam
Vietnam Oil and Gas Group ("PETROVIETNAM", President and CEO: Do Van Hau), Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co., Ltd. ("JVPC", President and CEO: Makoto Koseki, a subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation ("JOGMEC", President: Hirobumi Kawano) have announced the success in the implementation of CO2-EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) pilot test in Rang Dong oil field of Block 15-2, offshore Vietnam. JVPC is, as an operator, producing oil and gas in the Block 15-2 together with its partners (ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Gama Limited and Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation).

JX Nippon: Signing of SPA with Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (President: Yasushi Kimura, hereinafter "NOE") is pleased to announce the conclusion of the LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement with Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, a Singaporean subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. (hereinafter "Shell").
NOE will receive 3 cargoes per annum of LNG from Shell for 17 years starting in April 2015 through this contract. This SPA is a portfolio contract which will ensure a reliable and stable supply as LNG will be supplied from multiple sources including LNG projects in which the Royal Dutch Shell plc. group participates.

Production Sharing Contract for Deepwater Block R, Offshore Sabah, Malaysia
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President: Mr. Makoto Koseki) is pleased to announce that JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation has entered into a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Deepwater Block R with PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (“PETRONAS”), the national oil company of Malaysia, through its subsidiary, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Deepwater Sabah) Limited, to commence exploration activities in this Block on January 17, 2012.