March 10 (Reuters) - Alaska Gasline Development Corp (AGDC)said it signed an agreement with BP PLC and Exxon MobilCorp to help advance the state-owned company's proposed$43.4 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project:
* "Our respective organizations share an interest in thesuccessful commercialization of Alaska's stranded North Slopenatural gas," AGDC Interim President Joe Dubler said in astatement late Friday.
* BP and Exxon Mobil produce massive amounts of oil inAlaska and have discovered huge gas resources that are strandedin the North Slope.
* The Alaska LNG project is designed to liquefy 3.5 billioncubic feet per day of gas for sale to customers in theAsia-Pacific region from a facility to be built in Nikiski onthe Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. It includes an 807-mile(1,300-km) pipeline from the North Slope.
* U.S. energy regulators recently delayed the date theyexpect to decide on the LNG project to June 2020 from February2020.
* Officials at AGDC have said the company is reviewing thetimeline to get the project built.
* At the same time, AGDC said it is continuing negotiationswith several parties interested in the project, including ajoint development agreement with Chinese oil and gas companySinopec, China's sovereign wealth fund ChinaInvestment Corp's CIC Capital Corp and the state-owned Bank ofChina.
(Reporting by Scott DiSavinoEditing by Marguerita Choy)