The O’Neill Government to appeal a National Court ruling ordering Ok Tedi to suspend dumping, Fisheries Authority makes K10m available for small business, and Newcrest cash-flow looking positive. Your quick digest of the week’s business news.
InterOil Corporation
InterOil to begin eight new wells in Gulf Province, Lae business chamber calls for more fire services, and Bougainville prepares for referendum. Your quick digest of the week’s business news.
Major industrial projects underway or in the pipeline north-west of Port Moresby look likely to create an industrial and logistics corridor over the next five years. Business Advantage PNG examines the progress in Central Province, just outside Papua New Guinea’s capital.
The coming year looks promising for Papua New Guinea business, with the giant PNG LNG project due to commence gas exports, and further investments looking likely. Meanwhile, eyes are on the O’Neill Government to see how it can improve the operating environment for business. Business Advantage PNG looks ahead to consider what 2014 may bring.
PNG Power price increase postponed, InterOil timeline to be set and Rabaul needs visas on arrival. Your quick digest of the week’s business news.
InterOil Corporation has announced it is teaming up with France’s Total S.A. to develop Papua New Guinea’s second LNG gas project at the Elk and Antelope fields in Gulf Province. How will the new project fit into PNG’s existing LNG landscape?
Next week’s Papua New Guinea Mining and Petroleum Seminars in Port Moresby will highlight the increasing divergence in fortunes of PNG’s mining and petroleum sectors, according to Greg Anderson, Executive Director of the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum.
An interim MD for the PNGSDP and a new CFO for LNG Energy
Interoil expects to announce a ‘major transformational deal’ by the end of 2013 to develop the Papua New Guinea’s second LNG plant, according to recently appointed CEO Michael Hession.
With the ExxonMobil-led PNG LNG project ‘more than 90% complete’ and due to start exports in the second half of 2014, what are the chances of additional LNG projects for PNG? Business Advantage PNG considers the candidates.