BHP Billiton Completes the Sale of Interest in East and West Browse Joint Ventures BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia NEWS RELEASE Release Time IMMEDIATE Date 07 June 2013 Number 13/13 BHP BILLITON COMPLETES THE SALE OF INTEREST IN EAST AND WEST BROWSE JOINT VENTURES BHP Billiton has completed the sale of its 8.33 per cent interest in the East Browse Joint Venture and 20 per cent interest in the West Browse Joint Venture, located offshore Western Australia, to PetroChina International Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd for US$1.63 billion plus customary purchase price adjustments as announced on 12 December 2012. All required approvals have been secured and relevant documents were signed today in Beijing to finalise the transaction. This sale reflects BHP Billiton’s exit from the Browse Joint Ventures. Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com. Media Relations Investor Relations Australia Australia Gabrielle Notley James Agar Tel: +61 3 9609 3830 Mobile: +61 477 325 803 Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: +61 467 807 064 email: Gabrielle.Notley@bhpbilliton.com email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com Fiona Hadley Andrew Gunn Tel: +61 3 9609 2211 Mobile: +61 427 777 908 Tel: +61 3 9609 3575 Mobile: +61 402 087 354 email: Fiona.Hadley@bhpbilliton.com email: Andrew.Gunn@bhpbilliton.com Eleanor Nichols United Kingdom and South Africa Tel: +61 3 9609 2360 Mobile: +61 407 064 748 email: Eleanor.Nichols@bhpbilliton.com Tara Dines Tel : +44 20 7802 7113 Mobile : +44 7825 342 232 United Kingdom Email : Tara.Dines@bhpbilliton.com Ruban Yogarajah Americas Tel: +44 20 7802 4033 Mobile: +44 7827 082 022 email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com Brendan Harris Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7990 527 726 Jennifer White email: Brendan.Harris@bhpbilliton.com Tel: +44 20 7802 7462 Mobile: +44 7827 253 764 email: Jennifer.White@bhpbilliton.com Matt Chism Tel: +1 71 359 96158 Mobile: +1 281 782 2238 email: Matt.E.Chism@bhpbilliton.com Americas Jaryl Strong Tel: +1 713 499 5548 Mobile: +1 281 222 6627 email: Jaryl.Strong@bhpbilliton.com BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays) Date: 07/06/2013 09:42:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.