Editorial: How is business confidence in Papua New Guinea leading into 2025?

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The past year has been a challenging one for Papua New Guinea’s major businesses but, as we are learning from our own conversations with them, they are nevertheless proving remarkably resilient. Now, all eyes are again focused on the next wave of resources investments.

TotalEnergies country head ‘very confident’ of Papua LNG final investment decision date

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Could Papua New Guinea’s second gas project get the green light in 2025? In an exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG, Arnaud Berthet, Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG, outlines the Papua LNG project timeline and the activities left to complete on the road to FID. 

‘Massive opportunity’ for private power producers in Papua New Guinea

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Independent power producers are playing a key role in helping PNG move towards its ambitious electrification goals. But their viability will be in question until a dispute over payments is resolved.

People moves: Credit Corporation Ltd, FinCorp, PNG CORE, Santos

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New Chairperson for Credit Corporation Ltd, FinCorp welcomes new board members, two new additions to PNG CORE board, new CFO for Santos. 

Papua LNG investment decision faces delay as financiers grapple with climate concerns

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The final investment decision for the TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG project, which would spark a fresh investment boom in Papua New Guinea, still faces significant hurdles, as growing environmental activism makes finance harder to arrange and international energy projects compete for scarce construction resources.

Decarbonisation: what’s the business opportunity and how does PNG get involved?

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The decarbonisation of the global economy is going to create the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime, according to KPMG’s Global Oil and Gas Lead, Jonathan Parker. But how do companies prepare, and what role does government have in making it happen?

Conference catches Papua New Guinea of the cusp of a new era of investment

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Investment and partnership opportunities were a focus at this year’s 2023 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference in Brisbane, with numbers exceeding pre-COVID levels.

Papua LNG project moves to FEED stage: what’s next?

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The TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG gas project in Papua New Guinea has officially entered its FEED [front end engineering and design] stage – the last major stage before the $US10 billion project is given a green light. We look at what happens next.

In brief: Papua New Guinea’s potential to become the Pacific’s ‘Powerhouse’ and other stories

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Latest ANZ Pacific Report highlights Papua New Guinea’s economic potential, Santos posts record production largely due to PNG and a new partnership between Paradise Foods and PHAMA Plus. Your business news in nutshell.

What business opportunities will flow from the Papua LNG project?

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More details have been revealed about the planned TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG gas project and how businesses can get involved.