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July 16, 2015

LNG deliveries mulled for Ukrainian market
Houston (UPI) Jul 15, 2015
A Texas-based company, led in part by a former Conoco Phillips veteran, said it was reviewing the prospects of shipping liquefied natural gas to Ukraine. Frontera Resources Corp. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine's state-run energy company Naftogaz to work in the upstream, or exploration and production, sector in Ukraine as well as study the potential to deliver liquefied natural gas from its work in Caucasus country Georgia. "I strongly believe that our closer wo ... read more

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