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                                           Advantage announces 2022             connections to major crude oil off-take
       UPSTREAM                                                                 facilities, shell storage capacity, and multiple
        Whitecap Resources                 budget, including strategic          pipelines.
                                                                                  “The Echo Canyon acquisition continues
       announces consolidating             growth of liquids, gas and           our vision to grow MVP’s footprint in Texas
                                                                                and become the preferred midstream and
       acquisitions and                    midstream assets                     marketing partner for oil and gas producers
                                                                                throughout the US,” said MVP president Gary
       repurchases 19.2mn                  Advantage Energy is pleased to announce its   Navarro.
                                           2022 budget.
                                                                                MVP HOLDINGS, December 03, 2021
       common shares                       will be focused on growing adjusted funds
                                             Advantage’s 2022 capital programme
       Whitecap Resources is pleased to announce   flow per share by continuing to drill high   DOWNSTREAM
       three separate transactions that will   rate-of-return targets in areas with existing
       consolidate core assets within its Central   infrastructure capacity. An escalating   WEB and Eagle LNG enter
       Alberta, Eastern Saskatchewan and Western   emphasis will be placed on increasing
       Saskatchewan business units. The acquisitions   liquids revenue and making infrastructure   into landmark clean LNG
       will increase 2022 discretionary funds flow   investments that either expand third-party
       after capital and dividends by CAD80mn   processing revenue or advance our net-  supply agreement
       or 10% per share at $65per barrel WTI and   zero 2025 target. With gas prices currently
       CAD3.50/GJ AECO by adding approximately   elevated and robust oil prices, we expect bank   Eagle LNG Partners, a US company based
       9,000 boepd (67% liquids) to our average   indebtedness to fall to zero in the second   in Houston, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida,
       production in 2022 and further improving   half of 2022 with significant free cash flow   has completed a long-term supply contract
       our long-term sustainability by adding 345   available to fortify the foundations of our   to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG)
       (257.5 net) top tier drilling locations. The   business.                 receiving and regasification terminal in Aruba
       combined purchase price of the acquisitions   ADVANTAGE ENERGY, December 06, 2021  with WEB Aruba, the local power and water
       is CAD342.5mn, consisting of approximately                               utility. The project confirms Aruba’s growing
       15.2mn Whitecap shares at a weighted                                     importance as a regional hub and creates
       average price of CAD 7.20 per share and   MIDSTREAM                      new economic pillars. Today, the deal was
       approximately CAD 240mn of cash.                                         confirmed in a signing ceremony attended
         Whitecap is also pleased to continue to   MVP expands pipeline         by the Minister of Labour, Energy and
       advance our return of capital strategy with the                          Integration Glenbert Croes and WEB Aruba
       repurchase of 19.2mn shares at a price of CAD   holdings into Midland Basin  AI. CEO, Serapio (Laty) Wever.
       6.95 per share for total value of CAD 133.7mn                              The Aruba LNG Terminal will serve as
       returned to shareholders. The repurchase was   MVP Holdings acquired Echo Canyon   WEB’s LNG receiving and regasification
       executed by way of a block trade under our   Pipeline Holdings and its subsidiaries today   terminal for its Balashi power plant. The
       normal course issuer bid (NCIB). We now   to substantially expand its crude business in   Terminal will be located at Refineria di
       have 7.1mn shares remaining on our current   the highly-active southern Midland Basin of   Aruba, an existing industrial location, in
       NCIB and intend to renew the NCIB for   West Texas.                      San Nicolas, Aruba, where LNG from Eagle
       another year when it expires on May 20, 2022.  Echo operates 190 miles of crude gathering   LNG, will be received, stored and re-gasified
       WHITECAP RESOURCES, December 06, 2021  pipeline located in the Upton, Reagan,   with natural gas delivered to the WEB power
                                           Glasscock, Irion and Crocket Counties of   plant. Using LNG for power generation takes
                                           Texas. It also owns additional truck unloading   advantage of WEB’s existing investment in
                                                                                dual-fuel engines improving environmental
                                                                                performance and stabilising fuel rates at
                                                                                historically low prices, while enabling the
                                                                                introduction of more intermittent renewable
                                                                                electricity generation on the island.
                                                                                  “LNG fits in WEB Aruba’s vision of cleaner,
                                                                                greener and fuel oil free production and
                                                                                we are working towards sustainable water
                                                                                desalination and energy production and
                                                                                supply. We welcome LNG as a transition fuel
                                                                                that eventually should lead to a mix of 50%
                                                                                renewable energy sources and 50% alternative
                                                                                fuels,” said WEB Aruba AI. CEO, Serapio
                                                                                (Laty) Wever.
                                                                                  The infrastructure investment is
                                                                                approximately $100mn in Aruba and will
                                                                                create up to 100 local jobs during construction
                                                                                as well as highly-skilled operating jobs with
                                                                                specialised training in critical capabilities



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