[ Bontang ] Test Determines Likelihood of Long-Term Relationship and Provides Ways to Improve Compatibility

[ Bontang ] Test Determines Likelihood of Long-Term Relationship and Provides Ways to Improve Compatibility - TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 20, 2014) - Instant Chemistry, the company behind the human compatibility test, today announces the launch of its at-home compatibility kit for couples. For the first time ever, partners now have an affordable way to test chemistry and compatibility long before a life-changing commitment is made. Based on a combination of genetic and psychological components, the Couples Kit reveals the underlying compatibility between partners, and provides tips for helping their relationship grow.

"Through intensive research scientists have found that long-term relationship satisfaction stems from two constants -- your DNA and core personality -- and how those match up with your partners'," said Dr. Sara Seabrooke, chief science officer of Instant Chemistry. "The science behind Instant Chemistry's kits is based on this research. By combining biological and psychological tests, we can determine how compatible you are with your partner, and provide ways to offset incompatibilities, for example changing a small habit."

The Couples Kit contains two biological tests, one based on relationship satisfaction and the other on long-term chemistry. The Relationship Satisfaction test, backed by research from University of California, Berkeley, determines how partners' brains process serotonin, thus revealing differences in their emotional reactions to varying situations. The second biological test, Long-Term Chemistry, is based on 20 years of research looking at how well partners' genetic makeup complements each other. This information can be used to look at key components of DNA, such as how partners react to scent -- a proven way to determine how physically attracted partners will be years from now.

Instant Chemistry also uses a Psychological Compatibility test developed to identify partners' core personality traits, and what they mean in terms of stability and happiness in a relationship. Combined with the biological tests, Instant Chemistry is able to determine the underlying compatibility of partners, and recognize what will help a relationship to further grow. If compatibility is lacking, Instant Chemistry provides ways to detect conflict before it arises, and advice on ways to improve a relationship.

"New, groundbreaking research in the science of relationships is the power house behind Instant Chemistry's technology," added Dr. Wendy Walsh, America's Relationship Expert. "Using scientifically proven data that demonstrates how compatible our neurotransmitters and immune systems are, Instant Chemistry helps you decide which mate is best for you."

For more information about Instant Chemistry, or to order an Instant Chemistry Couples Kit, visit www.instantchemistry.com.

About Instant Chemistry:

Instant Chemistry is a scientific company that's revolutionizing the way people think about relationships. With a team made up of scientists, engineers, designers and business professionals, Instant Chemistry is on a mission to improve relationships through their scientifically-backed compatibility tests. Originally developed as a commercial product, Instant Chemistry is now delivering the first ever at-home compatibility test based on genetics and psychology.

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[ Bontang ] China blames Vietnam, says won't cede inch of disputed territory

[ Bontang ] China blames Vietnam, says won't cede inch of disputed territory - (Reuters) - A top Chinese general on Thursday defended China's deployment of an oil rig in the disputed South China Sea that has triggered deadly protests in Vietnam, saying Beijing can't afford to "lose an inch" of territory.

Anti-China riots broke out this week in Vietnam, killing up to 21 people and setting fire to factories perceived to have been Chinese-owned, after China towed a giant oil rig into waters claimed by both nations.

General Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said in Washington that the drilling rig was operating in China's territorial waters, activity he vowed to protect.

He also pointed blame at U.S. President Barack Obama's so-called pivot to Asia, saying some countries in the region seized upon it as an opportunity to create trouble in the South and East China Seas. At different points, he singled out disputes with U.S. allies the Philippines and Japan.

Standing alongside the top U.S. military officer, General Martin Dempsey, Fang said Vietnam was at fault for stirring up trouble by dispatching ships in an attempt to "disrupt" Chinese drilling activity.

"I think it's quite clear ... who is conducting normal activity and who is disrupting it," Fang told a Pentagon news conference after talks with Dempsey.

Speaking broadly about regional tensions, Fang said Beijing did not create trouble, but was also unafraid of it and suggested China was ready to defend its territorial integrity.

"Territory which has passed down by our ancestors into the hands of our generation - we cannot afford to lose an inch," he said.

Dempsey did not explicitly criticize China but left no doubt about his concerns over the growing regional tensions.

Asked whether China was behaving provocatively in the dispute with Vietnam and whether he saw the risk of conflict in the region increasing, Dempsey said: "We spoke about the fact that the use of military assets to resolve disputes is provocative and it does increase risk."

"We had a rich discussion about what exactly is the status quo and who has been seeking to change it," he added.

The dispute in the South China Sea has sparked anger on both sides. Dozens of vessels from the two countries are around the oil rig, and both sides have accused the other of intentional collisions, increasing the risk of a confrontation.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and David Alexander; Editing by Eric Beech)

[ Bontang ] Russia targets space projects in response to U.S. high-tech sanctions

[ Bontang ] Russia targets space projects in response to U.S. high-tech sanctions - (Reuters) - Russia will bar the United States from using Russian-made rocket engines for military satellite launches, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday, retaliating for sanctions on high-tech equipment which Washington has imposed over the Ukraine crisis.

He also said Russia would reject a U.S. request to prolong the use of the International Space Station beyond 2020.

Russia pledged to respond in kind when the United States said last month that it would deny export licenses for any high-technology items that could aid Russian military capabilities and would revoke existing licenses.

Moscow's measures would affect MK-33 and RD-180 engines which Russia supplies to the United States, Rogozin told a news conference. "We are ready to deliver these engines but on one condition that they will not be used to launch military satellites," he said.

Washington wants to keep the International Space Station, a $100 billion orbital outpost that is a project of 15 nations and a showcase of Russian-U.S. cooperation, flying until at least 2024, four years beyond the previous target.

In spite of differences on foreign policy and security matters, Washington and Moscow have cooperated extensively on space exploration. Russian Soyuz spacecraft are the only way astronauts can get to the space station, whose crews include both Americans and Russians.

Rogozin also said Russia will suspend the operation of GPS satellite navigation system sites in Russia from June and seek talks with Washington on opening similar sites in the United States for Russia's own system, Glonass.

He threatened the permanent closure of the GPS sites in Russia if that is not agreed by September.

(Reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel, Writing by Gabriela Baczynska,; Editing by Steve Gutterman and David Stamp)

[ Bontang ] Indonesia's PLN expects LNG demand to double in 2015 - executive

[ Bontang ] Indonesia's PLN expects LNG demand to double in 2015 - executive "" - (Reuters) - Indonesian demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to double to 56 cargoes in 2015 compared to this year, said a senior official with state electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) .

Indonesia's domestic gas fields are struggling to keep up with surging power demand in Southeast Asia's largest economy, forcing it to look overseas for supplies.

Thirty-eight of the 56 LNG cargoes needed next year will go to PLN's gas-fired power stations in Jakarta and other West Java cities, PLN oil and gas division chief Suryadi Mardjoeki told Reuters by phone.

The Arun gas project in Aceh, which has been converted into a receiving terminal from an LNG production hub, is expected to take 12 cargoes, while six will sent to Bali and Makassar in South Sulawesi.

PLN has not yet secured commitments for 22 of the additional cargoes it needs to meet the forecast growth in demand next year.

The company hopes the Bontang gas project that processes LNG from the Mahakam field, Indonesia's top gas-producing region, will meet this need when an existing supply contract with a Japanese buyer expires, Mardjoeki said.

"Hopefully we can divert (the gas to PLN) next year," he said, adding that the firm's demand was expected to reach 60 cargoes in 2016.

"In the following years, I don't know where we will get (gas) from."

PLN, which generates the majority of Indonesia's electricity, was in talks with several international LNG producers, Mardjoeki said, but declined to name them.

Indonesia's LNG output was expected to decline steadily until at least 2019, while demand surges by at least 10 percent a year.

State-owned energy firm Pertamina in December signed its first LNG import agreement with U.S.-based Cheniere Energy Inc for 0.8 million tonnes annually from 2018. It is hoping to finalise a second deal to import 1-2 million tonnes of LNG a year from a supplier in Africa or the United States this year. (Writing by Fergus Jensen; Editing by Randy Fabi and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

[ Bontang ] CBM Asia Announces Operations Update on Kutai West and Board, Management Changes

[ Bontang ] CBM Asia Announces Operations Update on Kutai West and Board, Management Changes -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 28, 2014) -

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Following the announcement in regard to the development plans of the Kutai West PSC (April 4, 2014), CBM Asia Development Corp. ("CBM Asia" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TCF)(US:CBMDF)(FRANKFURT:IY2) announces an update on coalbed methane production operations at the block, where the Company holds 705 Bcf of net prospective recoverable resources.1 The Company also announces the resignation of board member Adam Clarke and the return of Keith Potter to his former position as General Manager, Indonesia.

During the past few weeks the KW-CBM01 well at Kutai West has been undergoing initial production testing. Operator Newton Energy has installed a progressive cavity pump in the well and is adjusting pump rates and position to optimize dewatering and gas production. Although the well is an isolated CBM test and at a very early stage of dewatering, already gas rates of 16 Mcfd have been measured. This confirms earlier testing which indicated a high degree of gas saturation. The longer term plan is to drill four new wells surrounding the KW-CBM01 well for improved dewatering and higher gas production.

Our plan at Kutai West is similar to what VICO Indonesia has already accomplished at two CBM pilots in the adjacent Sanga-Sanga PSC, where commercial production has been underway for three years. VICO, the joint-venture between BP and ENI, recently announced plans to drill 20 additional CBM wells at Sanga-Sanga to provide more gas supply for the Bontang LNG export facility.

Separately, consistent with the Company's ongoing cost cutting measures, director Adam Clarke has resigned from all management and board positions. However, Mr. Clarke remains available to the Company on a consulting basis during the ongoing capital raise. The Company gratefully recognizes the many contributions Mr. Clarke has made during his past three years of service. In Jakarta, Mr. Keith Potter stepped down as the company's VP Operations, but continues in his duties as General Manager Indonesia.

ABOUT CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.

CBM Asia Development Corp. is a Canadian-based unconventional gas company with significant coalbed methane ("CBM") exploration and development opportunities in Indonesia. The Company holds various participating interests in five production sharing contracts (each a "PSC") for CBM in Indonesia. Indonesia has one of the largest CBM resources in the world with a potential 453 trillion feet3 in-place, more than double the country's natural gas reserves (Stevens and Hadiyanto, 2004). Since 2008 a total of 54 CBM PSCs have been granted by the Government of Indonesia, representing exploration commitments of well over US$100 million during the next 3 years. In addition to CBM Asia, other companies active in CBM exploration in Indonesia include BP, Dart Energy, ENI, Medco, Santos, and TOTAL. BP, ENI, and the Indonesian government have confirmed that commercial CBM production started in March 2011 from the Sanga-Sanga PSC and is being exported from the Bontang LNG facility. The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TCF". www.cbmasia.ca

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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management's current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Readers are cautioned that these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. The economics of exploring, developing and operating resource properties are affected by many factors including, but not limited to, the cost of exploration and development operations, conclusions of economic evaluations, unexpected formations or pressures, premature declines in reserves, potential environmental damage, blow‐outs, fires, variations in the amount and saturation of CBM contained in individual coal seams and the rate of production therefrom, fluctuations in gas prices and the availability of capital. There are no assurances that the Company's work programs will result in the discovery of commercially viable or economically producible properties or that the Company will be successful in completing the Offering in whole or in part. Gas in place estimates referred to in this news release are not NI 51-101 compliant and do not represent "discovered petroleum initially-in-place" within the meaning of the Canadian Oil & Gas Evaluation Handbook (COGE Handbook). The term "discovered petroleum initially-in-place" is equivalent to discovered resources, and is defined in the COGE Handbook to mean that quantity of petroleum that is estimated, as of a given date, to be contained in known accumulations prior to production. There are no assurances that any portion of the estimated gas in place resources referred to herein will be discovered. Furthermore, such estimates make no allowance for the recovery of the gas which will depend on, among other things, the reservoir characteristics encountered and future economic conditions. All of the forward-looking statements made in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements and those made in our Canadian continuous disclosure filings available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com including our December 31, 2012 year end annual MD&A dated April 24, 2013 and June 30, 2013 interim MD&A dated August 20, 2013. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances save as required under applicable securities legislation.

THIS NEWS RELEASE, REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS, IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES AND THE COMPANY IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS UNLESS REGISTERED OR EXEMPT THEREFROM.

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[ Bontang ] Russia says ties with EU and NATO need "rethink"

[ Bontang ] Russia says ties with EU and NATO need "rethink" - Russia's ties with the European Union and NATO need a "rethink" in light of deep differences over Ukraine, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Monday.

"These relations require a substantial rethink, and together with our partners from the EU and NATO nations we are trying to conduct an analysis in order to better understand where we are, where our assessments coincide and where we disagree," state-run news agency RIA quoted Lavrov as saying at a meeting with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Lidia Kelly)

[ Bontang ] Indonesia may seek buyers for 20 LNG cargoes this year

Indonesia may seek buyers for 20 LNG cargoes this year - Indonesia may soon seek buyers for 20 excess cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery this year and next after existing supply contracts expire, an official at the upstream oil and gas regulator (SKK Migas) said.

"There are around 20 uncommitted cargoes from Bontang, because several export contracts are expiring," SKK Migas commercial director Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja told Reuters on Tuesday.

"We are working with (state-owned oil company) Pertamina to market the cargoes to existing LNG buyers," he added.

The Bontang plant processes LNG from the output of gas fields in the Mahakam River delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesia's main gas-producing region.

The energy ministry will first need to sign off on the price and the sale of the cargoes, Widhyawan said.

There is a high possibility that the excess cargoes will be absorbed by the domestic market in 2016. Gas demand in Southeast Asia's largest economy is expected to increase sharply.

The Bontang plant is jointly operated by Pertamina , Vico Indonesia (previously HUFFCO), French oil major Total and an Indonesian subsidiary of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation and Sojitz Corp.

(Reporting by Wilda Asmarini; Additional reporting by Fergus Jensen; editing by Jane Baird)