Prime Minister O'Neill and Talisman Energy discuss progress

Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill met with Talisman Energy's Executive Vice President, Paul Blakely in his Parliament Office in Port Moresby.

During the meeting they discussed the progress of the petroleum (oil & gas) projects in the Western Province. "Talisman Energy - a Canadian Company, operating in PNG, is PNG's third LNG project following after the PNG LNG and Antelope projects. "It is also the operator of the successful Stanley Gas Project,” Prime Minister Hon. Peter O'Neill confirmed.

He said major companies like PNG LNG's operator ExxonMobil from USA, Total from France, Talisman Energy from Canada and other Asian companies from Japan and China operating in PNG only shows that PNG has strategically and successfully attracted key foreign investment from almost every continent around the world.