Purari Development Association Inc

08/04/2024

Joint Statement of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and TotalEnergies

Paris/Port Moresby, April 7, 2024 – James Marape, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, met together to discuss the status of the Papua LNG project.

On this occasion, Patrick Pouyanné reaffirmed to the Prime Minister that TotalEnergies, operator of the project, and its international partners ExxonMobil, Santos, JX Nippon, are fully committed to Papua LNG.

In particular, he shared the high interest of several LNG buyers for off-taking LNG from Papua LNG due to its strategic location close to key Asian markets.

He also informed the Prime Minister that, after receiving first EPC offers, it appears that the project will need to keep working with contractors to obtain commercially viable EPC contracts and requires more work to reach FID.

In that view, the project will review the structure of some packages and open the competition to an enlarged panel of Asian contractors. As a consequence, FID of Papua LNG project is now expected in 2025.

The Prime Minister and Patrick Pouyanné agreed that this slight delay will not affect the early works planned in Papua New Guinea in 2024 and that the project will maintain its full support to local population of Gulf Province.

This demonstrates the commitment of TotalEnergies to the well-being of the people of Papua New Guinea.

Moreover, Patrick Pouyanné announced that TotalEnergies intends to drill the first deepwater exploration well on the PPL 576 license in 2025.

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07/04/2024

PDA General Secretary, Roy Daniel Evara, Meeting with Governor for Gulf Province,Grand Chief Sir Chris Haiveta. Also had the unique pleasure of been joined for a quick photo by Senior Statesman and former Petroleum Minister Sir Moi Avei.

07/04/2024

James Marape, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, have met to discuss the status of the Papua LNG project.

17/12/2023

Thank you Vice Minister for Petroleum Hon. Thomas Opa, MP for your united stance.

15/12/2023

Sixty Million Kina (K60-Mil) to be released in 2024 out of the Six Hundred Million (K600-Mil) committed as Business Development Grants for identified Landowner Beneficiareis of Papua LNG Project.

Commencing in 2024, the national government will release the first K60 million from a K600 million commitment over the next 10 years to identified landowners of the Papua LNG Project.

15/12/2023

Page 57 of Post-Courier today (15/12/2023) All three Gulf Province Members of Parliament demanding extension of the objection period for the Ministerial Determination for Papua LNG Project.

14/12/2023

Petroleum Minister Hon Kerenga Kua's speech at the three day 2023 Papua New Guinea Resources & Energy Investment Conference in Sydney, Australia recently.

14/12/2023

All three Gulf Members of Parliament Governor Sir Chris Haiveta, Member Kikori and Minister for Provincial and Local Government Affairs Hon Soroi Eoe, Member for Kerema Open and Vice Minister for Petroleum Hon Thomas Open, jointly condemn the Minister for Petroleum Hon Kerenga Kua's signing and Gazettal of the Ministerial Determination of Papua LNG Project Landowner Beneficiaries.

14/12/2023

PDA condemns Petroleum Minister Hon Kerenga Kua's Ministerial Determination of Papua LNG Project Landowner Beneficiaries on the eve of the closure of the Courts for holiday period on the 22 of December.

13/12/2023

PDA as Custodian of a National Court Reinstated PDA SABL Title on behalf of it's Tribal Members and ALL their respective Landowning Clans from Baimuru Sub-District with considerations of its genealogical ties to Landowers from Ihu and East Kikori Sub-Districts issues notice to Petroleum Minister Hon Kerenga Kua and the State that it will file for Judicial Review to challenge the recently signed and Gazetted Ministerial Determination.

The position of all Tribes and Clans from Baimuru has been elevated from being ordinary 'Customary Landowners' to 'Landowners with Registered Title interests'.

Section 3(1) of the Oil and Gas Act, 1998 defines a Project Area Landowner of a Petroleum Project Area (PALOS) as:

"Project Area Landowner means in relation to a petroleum project, persons who are Customary Landowners or who have Registered Title to - .. ".

Hence, ALL Baimuru Tribes and their Landowning Clans as unified holders of Registered Title under PDA as their Custodian, "AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY" to be determined in any Ministerial Determination issued by the Minister under Section 169 of the Oil and Gas Act, 1998.

The omission of PDA and several Major Landowning Clans from the 6 Tribes of Baimuru now raises serious legal issues that will have far reaching ramifications on the development of the Papua LNG Project.

PDA is now ready to file its case on behalf ALL Tribes from Baimuru Sub-District who are Members of the Association since its incorporation on 22 January 1982.