Looking back over the history of resources development in Papua New Guinea, the need for patience and persistence is clear.
Editorial: Patience and persistence yields results in major resources projects
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Twinza Chair: Pasca A deal sets up ‘strategic alliance’ with MRDC
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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.
Resources boom to usher in ‘the most exciting ten years’ for Papua New Guinea: Prime Minister Marape
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James Marape, PNG’s Prime Minister, speaks exclusively about PNG’s next decade of economic growth, which he describes as potentially the most exciting in the nation’s history.
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.
In brief: Papua New Guinea to receive K86 billion from Papua LNG and other business stories
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Papua LNG project to inject billions to Papua New Guinea’s economy, Prime Minister Marape welcomes Fortescue Future Industries representative to Port Moresby and the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone Project (PMIZ) will be rebranded.
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.
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.
In brief: Papua New Guinea SOEs’ tax debt close to K700 million and other business stories
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The Internal Revenue Commission’s potential plans for state-owned enterprises debt to be repaid, Fiji welcomes Kina Bank, and Link PNG’s proposed acquisition of PNG Air rejected again. The business news you need to know today.
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