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BHP completes sale of Fayetteville Onshore US assets

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Date              28 September 2018
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BHP completes sale of Fayetteville Onshore US assets

BHP has completed the sale of its Fayetteville Onshore US gas assets to a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merit Energy Company (Merit). Merit acquired 100% of the
issued share capital of BHP Billiton Petroleum (Arkansas) Inc. and 100% of the
membership interests in BHP Billiton Petroleum (Fayetteville) LLC, which hold the
Fayetteville assets, for a total consideration of US$0.3 billion.

Completion of the sale of BHP’s interests in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian
Onshore US oil and gas assets to BP American Production Company (a subsidiary of
BP Plc) is expected to occur by the end of October 2018. Completion of that sale is
subject to the satisfaction of customary regulatory approvals and conditions
precedent.

About the Fayetteville Onshore US assets
The Fayetteville production operation is located in north central Arkansas and
consists of approximately 258,000 net acres(1). In the 2018 financial year Fayetteville
produced 13.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (79.9 billion cubic feet of gas).

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1) BHP Annual Report 2018

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