Rockhopper Exploration plc has agreed to acquire Beach Petroleum (Egypt) Pty Ltd (Beach Egypt) for $20.5m. The company will use its existing cash resources to fund the acquisition.

Scheduled for completion by mid-2016, the acquisition will allow Rockhopper to extend its hydrocarbons asset base to Egypt, while Beach Energy will be able to concentrate on Australia and surrounding areas.

Chevron Corporation is planning to sell its interests in Myanmar gas blocks for approximately $1.3bn in order to uphold cash reserves and dispose non-core assets in the current scenario of falling oil prices, according to certain banking sources.

Chevron has a 28.3% non-operating working interest in Yadana and Sein fields, whereas its subsidiary owns a 99% interest in Block A5 in the offshore Rakhine basin. The gas fields produced at a rate of 117 million metric standard cubic feet a day (Mmcfd) of gas in 2015.

"Chevron Corporation is planning to sell its interests in Myanmar gas blocks for approximately $1.3bn."

Woodside Petroleum Limited, PTT Exploration and Production PCL, Japanese trading houses and Chinese companies are the prospective buyers.

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