Pieter Steyn has been with KPMG Papua New Guinea since 2018 and became the firm’s Country Managing Partner in July 2025. In this interview with Business Advantage PNG, he shares the signals he is seeing ahead of Papua LNG, growing business opportunities outside of Port Moresby, and why firms are beginning to take ESG seriously.
With improved export receipts and the prospect of major resources projects starting in 2026, Papua New Guinea’s economy is set for a sustained period of growth. Andrew Wilkins speaks with business leaders in the country about their expectations for the year ahead.
Papua New Guinea’s fuel supplies and prices are under pressure, more positive signs emerge on Papua LNG, and superannuation funds deliver the goods.
Final investment decisions on gas projects, a weaker kina and Starlink? Business Advantage PNG looks to the year ahead and considers what PNG-focused businesses can expect in the coming 12 months.
Our readers were focused on the future in 2025, with articles on key resources projects, growth plans and the turnaround proposal for an embattled state-owned enterprise all featuring heavily in Business Advantage PNG‘s top-read articles for the year. Not surprisingly in PNG’s jubilee year, there was also high interest for coverage of Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence.
Arnaud Berthet, Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG, details the timeline for exploration of the Mailu-1 offshore oil prospect – and shares why the Papua LNG developer is so excited by this new venture, in this exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG.
In this exclusive interview, Arnaud Berthet, Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG, provides an update on key components of the Papua LNG project to Business Advantage PNG, and provides clarity around the expected timeline to a final investment decision.
International concerns about the supply of LNG, gold and copper are making PNG a more attractive market for both buyers and investors, as Nadav Shemer Shlezinger learns from two top analysts.
After delays to key resources projects Papua LNG and Wafi-Golpu, there are signs that final investment decisions and other key milestones are drawing closer. Meanwhile, M&A activity in the sector is heating up.
While doing business in Papua New Guinea is never without its challenges, there have been some positive developments regarding some of the most-persistent business impediments.