UPDATE 1-Oil Search buys 23 pct stake in PNG gas fields for $900 mln
February 27, 2014 at 01:16 AM EST
MELBOURNE, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Oil Search Ltd agreed on Thursday to acquire a 23 percent stake for $900 million in two Papua New Guinea gas fields that could feed a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the country or supply gas to ExxonMobil's PNG LNG project.