January 27, 2016

New Gulfport, Mississippi Spoolbase to Support Subsea Tieback Project McDermott International, Inc. (MDR) today announced it has been awarded a subsea umbilical and flowline installation contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in support of its Phase II development of the Caesar/Tonga field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Caesar/Tonga Phase II is being developed as a subsea tieback to the

*Note: Two separate press releases* Kosmos Energy Provides Operational and Financial Update Kosmos Energy (KOS) provided today an operational and financial update in advance of releasing its fourth quarter 2015 results. Ghana Gross production volumes from the Jubilee field averaged approximately 106,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) during the fourth quarter, and 102,500 bopd for the full year 2015.

Chevron Corporation (CVX) announced today that its fully-owned subsidiary Unocal East China Sea, Ltd. began natural gas production from the first stage of the Chuandongbei Project in southwest China. Chuandongbei is one of the largest onshore gas projects developed by an international oil company and a national oil company in China. “First gas for the Chuandongbei Project represents a significant

Synergy Resources Corporation (“Synergy” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: SYRG) announced today that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 14,000,000 shares of its common stock. In addition, the Company announced that the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 2,100,000 shares, bringing the total shares to be purchased to 16,100,000. The total net proceeds from

Shell Press Release Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) announces the poll result from today’s General Meeting held at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW, The Hague, The Netherlands. Shell shareholders expressed their support for the recommended combination with BG Group plc (“BG”) by carrying the resolution to approve and implement the transaction. Full details of the resolution passed, together with