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Mitsui buys 20 percent stake in Shell’s offshore oil fields in Gulf

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05 December 2016

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co <8031.T> said on Monday it has agreed to buy a 20 percent stake in four blocks in the U.S. offshore oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico from Royal Dutch Shell Plc for an undisclosed amount.

The move follows Mitsui’s other investment decisions earlier this year including co-development of the Greater Enfield oil reserves off Western Australia and an $8 billion (6.29 billion pound) expansion of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in Indonesia which is led by BP , taking advantage of the recent drop in commodity prices. read more

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