Rotorcraft
Airbus Marks Firsts with H145 Sale to ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil acquires two copies of the Airbus H145 for a liquefied natural gas project in the Asia-Pacific region.
Airbus Helicopters said the new H145’s hot-and-high performance led to its selection by ExxonMobil. (Photo: Airbus Helicopters/Eric Raz)
Airbus Helicopters said the new H145’s hot-and-high performance led to its selection by ExxonMobil. (Photo: Airbus Helicopters/Eric Raz)

Airbus Helicopters's sale of two H145s to ExxonMobil marks the first by the former to the latter and the first order in the oil and gas sector for the new H145 in the Asia-Pacific region. The intermediate twins, which are equipped with the new five-blade, bearingless main rotor, will support the oil and gas company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea (PNG).