Peter Botten, Managing Director of Oil Search tells Business Advantage PNG that the company’s Papua New Guinea assets are ‘highly profitable’ despite the low prices. He says the company is focusing on developing a five year plan for ensuring sustainability, managing exploration and working with the community.
Oil Search’s assets ‘highly profitable’ despite weak prices says MD
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InterOil shareholders still to decide on takeover by ExxonMobil
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The board of InterOil has accepted that the ExxonMobil bid is ‘superior’ to the bid by Oil Search. But the deal will not be completely finalised until a proposed shareholders’ meeting in September. And there are some legal obstacles that have to be dealt with.
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’.
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