Kumul Petroleum moves to commercialise more gas fields in Papua New Guinea

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State-owned oil and gas company Kumul Petroleum has been gradually acquiring licences to some of Papua New Guinea’s smaller and ‘stranded’ gas assets. Managing Director Wapu Sonk explains the strategy behind the move to Business Advantage PNG.

New negotiations, new laws: Kumul Petroleum’s MD says oil and gas sector is looking ‘much stronger’

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Wapu Sonk, Managing Director of Kumul Petroleum, says that Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas sector is looking ‘much stronger’ with the Papua LNG project set to have its final investment decision in 2023. But, he told the 2021 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference, that proposed changes to the country’s oil and gas law have been delayed.

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Revised Pasca A agreement a ‘setback to investor confidence,’ says Twinza Oil

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The progress of Twinza Oil’s US$2.4 billion (K8.42 billion) Pasca A offshore gas project in Papua New Guinea has again stalled, following a draft gas agreement from the government which the developer claims ‘bears no resemblance’ to the terms it agreed last month.