Business leaders are not quite ready to call it, but there are promising signs as Papua New Guinea celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence. Business Advantage PNG spoke with the country’s top CEOs to learn more about current business conditions.
This year, Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) will mark 50 years as the manager of the benefits paid to landowners and provinces from Papua New Guinea’s resources projects. In this exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG, Managing Director Augustine Mano provides an update on the flagship Star Mountain Plaza project and other investment plans.
Could Papua New Guinea’s second gas project get the green light in 2025? In an exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG, Arnaud Berthet, Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG, outlines the Papua LNG project timeline and the activities left to complete on the road to FID.
Independent power producers are playing a key role in helping PNG move towards its ambitious electrification goals. But their viability will be in question until a dispute over payments is resolved.
Last month, Twinza and Mineral Resources Development Corporation signed agreements which will see MRDC acquire a major stake in Pasca A, Papua New Guinea’s first offshore gas project. Twinza Executive Chairman Stephen Quantrill tells Business Advantage PNG the deal also paves the way for further cooperation.
Papua New Guinea’s property developers have been busy renovating properties and putting the finishing touches to new projects, including Marriott- and Hilton-branded executive apartments, as the sector gears up for greater economic activity.
More details have been revealed about the planned TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG gas project and how businesses can get involved.
All eyes this week are on Port Moresby in general and the capital’s new Hilton Hotel in particular. Business Advantage PNG takes a look at the site that will host the APEC Leaders’ Gala Dinner and Cultural Performance.
Offshore investment by Papua New Guinea companies remains comparatively small, but there are opportunities. One banking executive suggests it as an important way local financial institutions can diversify.
The Managing Director of Kumul Petroleum Holdings (KPH), Wapu Sonk, believes a ‘step change’ is needed in the electrification of Papua New Guinea. He argues that some gas production should be reserved for domestic production.