As part of extensive in-country research for the newly-released 2024 edition of the Business Advantage PNG annual magazine, our editorial team spoke exclusively to dozens of Papua New Guinea business leaders to understand how they are preparing for imminent growth – and what challenges they face. Here’s what they told us.
TotalEnergies zeroes in on final barriers to Papua LNG project go-ahead
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14 Feb 2024 by 2 Comments
A final investment decision on the Papua LNG project remains on the agenda for this year. Managing Director of project lead TotalEnergies E&P PNG, Jean-Marc Noiray, walks Business Advantage PNG through the milestones ahead for the US$10 billion-plus gas project.
Resources boom to usher in ‘the most exciting ten years’ for Papua New Guinea: Prime Minister Marape
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31 Jan 2024 by Leave a Comment
James Marape, PNG’s Prime Minister, speaks exclusively about PNG’s next decade of economic growth, which he describes as potentially the most exciting in the nation’s history.
Papua LNG investment decision faces delay as financiers grapple with climate concerns
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13 Dec 2023 by 4 Comments
The final investment decision for the TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG project, which would spark a fresh investment boom in Papua New Guinea, still faces significant hurdles, as growing environmental activism makes finance harder to arrange and international energy projects compete for scarce construction resources.
Work begins on Kumul Petroleum’s world-class fabrication facility in Papua New Guinea
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1 Aug 2023 by 5 Comments
Kumul Petroleum’s plan to manufacture large-scale infrastructure components for major resources projects in Papua New Guinea has taken a major step forward, following the signing of construction contracts for a US$100 million (K358 million) fabrication facility outside Port Moresby.
Hundreds of businesses register for Papua LNG early works contracts
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19 Jul 2023 by 2 Comments
Ahead of registrations for early works contracts on Papua LNG closing, the Institute of Banking and Business Management’s CEO Susil Nelson-Kongoi walked Business Advantage PNG through recent developments
Local companies encouraged to step-up for early works contracts on Papua LNG
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7 Jun 2023 by 2 Comments
A commitment by TotalEnergies, operator of the Papua LNG Project, to provide the PNG government with a National Content Plan in September, will ensure PNG businesses receive their fair share of preparatory early works contracts, which will be awarded this month.
In brief: Papua LNG spending to help revive forex market and other business stories
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5 Jun 2023 by Leave a Comment
Papua LNG spending to help restore Papua New Guinea’s foreign exchange market, Bank of China opens representative office in Port Moresby and New Porgera clarifies future payments to Barrick.
In brief: Kumul Petroleum signs deal to build fabrication facility and other business stories
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14 Mar 2023 by Leave a Comment
Kumul Petroleum signs deal to build fabrication facility, Nasfund announces net profit and feasibility study for the Mongi hydroelectric project. Your business news in summary.
Papua LNG project moves to FEED stage: what’s next?
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7 Mar 2023 by 1 Comment
The TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG gas project in Papua New Guinea has officially entered its FEED [front end engineering and design] stage – the last major stage before the $US10 billion project is given a green light. We look at what happens next.
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