Government plans to merge Telikom, bmobile and DataCo, Highlands Pacific Chairman says PanAust’s resignation requests amount to a takeover, and PNG LNG reports 25% increase in LNG. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
In brief: Merger of Telikom, bmobile and DataCo under Telikom, and other business stories
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What’s on the agenda for Papua New Guinea business in 2017?
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18 Jan 2017 by 2 Comments
As Papua New Guinea business gets back to work, Business Advantage PNG looks at some of the issues coming up in 2017. It looks likely to be a year of preparing for better times.
Total aiming to start Papua LNG production in 2022/23, says Blanchard
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Philippe Blanchard, Managing Director of Total E&P PNG – operator of the Papua LNG project – tells Business Advantage PNG that production for the project is expected to begin in 2022/2023. He says Total is using local labour and companies as much as possible.
In brief: Chief Secretary warns of ‘drastic cuts’ in 2017 Budget, and other business stories
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Chief Secretary says 2017 will be very tough, moratorium on beche-de-mer may be lifted soon, and PNG LNG spends K12 billion on local services. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
In brief: Papua New Guinea government ‘committed’ to resolving royalty dispute at PNG LNG site, and other business stories
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Blockade of PNG LNG site now its second week, Trade Minister threatens Fiji over refusal to import PNG products, and fears of job losses if rice import quotas introduced. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
Oil Search will benefit from working with ExxonMobil on Papua LNG project, says Botten
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ExxonMobil PNG may have trumped Oil Search’s bid for InterOil Corporation, but Papua New Guinea’s largest company will still benefit from the US major’s US$2.3 billion bid, according to Oil Search’s Managing Director Peter Botten. He tells Business Advantage PNG that the bid by ExxonMobil delivers most of the benefits of Oil Search’s take over offer and pushes the ‘cooperation agenda’.
In brief: Petroleum Minister says Bougainville President should ‘carefully consider’ offer of free equity in BCL, and other business stories
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John Momis told to ‘carefully consider’ equity offer from Rio Tinto, ExxonMobil declines to confirm or deny InterOil bid, and Supreme Court orders parliamentary vote on no confidence motion. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
What’s next for Papua New Guinea’s PNG LNG project?
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Papua New Guinea’s transformational PNG LNG project has been exporting gas to Asian markets since 2014. But what’s next for the project and its developer, ExxonMobil? Business Advantage PNG speaks with Andrew Barry, the Managing Director of ExxonMobil PNG Limited, to find out.
Papua New Guinea business getting serious about eliminating gender violence
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12 Jan 2016 by 1 Comment
There has been a significant change in attitude towards how Papua New Guinea businesses can contribute towards eliminating gender violence in the country in the past year. Business Advantage PNG looks at the innovative program being run by one of country’s leading landowner companies, Anitua.
In brief: BSP to finance PNG Ports’ new facilities at Motukea Island, and other business stories
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PNG Ports secures ‘landmark transaction’ with BSP for Motukea Island facilities, impact of kina’s exchange rate over-valuation analysed, and Harmony Gold confirms Kili Teke copper-gold discovery. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
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