Oil Search, one of the main liquefied natural gas developers in Papua New Guinea, said its average realised LNG and natural gas prices in the first half of 2017 amounted to US$7.67 per million British thermal units compared with US$6.09 per MMBtu in the same period of 2016, a rise of 26 percent, as plans advanced to substantially increase production.
Oil Search, a stakeholder in the Papua New Guinea LNG plant, said the joint venture planning its expansion will start the engineering phase by the end of 2017 as current prices achieved for cargoes averaged US$7.40 per million British thermal units.
Oil Search, a stakeholder in the Papua New Guinea LNG plant and the joint venture planning its expansion, has released mixed results from the latest field drilling for additional feed-gas resources onshore the Oceania nation.
Oil Search, the Australia-listed company that lost a takeover battle for the Papua New Guinea LNG asset holder InterOil to ExxonMobil, has explained its preference for three new production Trains centred on the existing liquefaction plant near the capital Port Moresby.