Christopher B. Strong

• Funds managed by Apollo in the $2 billion sale by New Fortress Energy Inc. of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo funds and 20% by NFE

• Bapco Energies in relation to a landmark concession and joint venture arrangements with a wholly owned Bahraini subsidiary of EOG Resources – the first concession granted by the Kingdom of Bahrain in over a century

• KKR in connection with the investment, alongside OTPP, in Caruna Oy, Finland’s largest electricity distribution company. The transaction, which represented the second deal undertaken under KKR’s core infrastructure strategy, involved the acquisition of First Sentier Investors’ 40% stake in Caruna Oy as well as the separate acquisition of OMERS’ 40% stake

• Equinor (formerly Statoil) in its successfully completed $2.9 billion acquisition from Petrobras of a 25 per cent interest in the Roncador field, located in the Campos Basin in Brazil. The purchase price consists of an initial payment of $2.35 billion, plus additional contingent payments of up to $550 million

• The Republic of Iraq Ministry of Oil in connection with the $17 billion Basrah Gas Project to capture the large volume of natural gas currently being flared in oil fields in Iraq’s southern region and process it for both domestic power generation and LNG export; the project involves a 25-year development joint venture agreement with Royal Dutch Shell plc and Mitsubishi

• ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. on the signed acquisition of 100% of the shares of TEPKRI Sarsang A/S, the holder of an 18% participating interest in the Sarsang Block located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, from TotalEnergies for a potential total value of $170 million

• A subsidiary of a Middle Eastern national oil company on a series of transactions spanning the acquisition or newbuild construction of multiple jack-up drilling rigs and fast-moving desert rigs for a combined consideration of $1.4 billion

• The Republic of Iraq Ministry of Oil in connection with a project to develop a 200,000 bpd oil refinery in central Iraq under the Government of Iraq’s statutory framework for the promotion of refinery investments

• Merrill Lynch and BSEC – BEMO Securitization SAL in relation to the issuance of $165.67 million Sukuk backed by producing oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico for East Cameron Partners, a Texas-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company

• An international oil and gas company in relation to its proposed farm-in to three exploration blocks in the Republic of Chad

• A large international energy company in relation to its re-entry into Libya following the lifting of U.S. sanctions

• Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC and BP plc in connection with the development and financing of the Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi project, which is the first of its kind globally, involving the splitting of a natural gas stream into hydrogen and carbon dioxide

• A major international oil trading concern in connection with the acquisition of a refinery and tank farm in the United Arab Emirates

• Sponsors of a $5 billion integrated LNG project in Qatar, including assistance in structuring and negotiating joint venture arrangements and other matters related to project development

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