In brief: Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister pledges to raise the country’s cash revenue to K15 billion

Prime Minister James Marape has made a pledge to raise Papua New Guinea's cash revenue to K15 billion over the next two years, Kumul Consolidated Holdings falls K400 million short from what was budgeted for 2019, and a reconciliation ceremony is proposed between the National Government and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
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In brief: Oil and Gas Act to be amended and other business stories

Changes to the Oil and Gas Act, Prime Minister James Marape has announced that he wants to get the Wafi-Golpu gold mine 'operational at the soonest', and opposition leader Patrick Pruaitch has presented a case to challenge Marape's election as prime minister. Your weekly digest of business news.
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US$10 billion Papua LNG project to go ‘full steam ahead’ in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's Petroleum Minister has announced that the government will honour a gas deal struck with French major Total SA for the US$10 billion Papua LNG project. The project will be the single largest foreign investment in the Pacific country since the advent of the US$19 billion PNG LNG project a decade ago.
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