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ExxonMobil, BHP end decades-old Australia gas marketing joint venture

Published Mon, Dec 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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EXXONMOBIL Corp and BHP Billiton Ltd have agreed to end a nearly 50-year-old gas marketing joint venture in Australia, bowing to pressure from the nation's competition watchdog amid concerns about gas supply and soaring prices.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the companies said on Monday they would start marketing their gas from the Gippsland Basin separately, starting in 2019.

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