Stanley gas project targets production in 2016

After a two-year wait for government approval, the Stanley gas project joint venture is about to enter its construction phase. There's also a second, even bigger, project in the offing, according to Horizon Oil's senior representative in Papua New Guinea.
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Tourism potential in Kokopo and Rabaul ‘huge’ – if infrastructure improves

Tourism operators have welcomed the government’s plan to develop Kokopo and Rabaul in East New Britain province as the country’s tourism hub. But they warn poor infrastructure and the country’s bad image overseas could prevent PNG reaping the benefits of ‘huge’ tourism potential.
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Paradise Foods marks 80th year with expansion plans

Papua New Guinea’s oldest manufacturing company, Paradise Foods, is marking its 80th year of operations this year, after its humble beginnings as a small town bakery in 1933. Behind the quiet celebrations are big expansion plans, Managing Director David Peate tells Business Advantage PNG.
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Economic update: maintaining momentum in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea’s economy finds itself in a hiatus, ahead of what will be a watershed moment its economic history—delivery of its first gas exports. In his annual appraisal of business conditions in the Pacific nation, Andrew Wilkins talks exclusively to some of PNG’s top executives.
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