Why PNG has gone backwards since 1975

Papua New Guineans just don't seem to take ownership of anything like cleaning up the clogged drain right next to them.
It's little things like this that are stopping the country from going forward and why we have gone back big time since Independence  in 1975, which we obviously didn't take ownership of as well.
While on taking ownership,  I wonder if the landlord (if there is any) at Malolo Estate, 8-Mile,  could put up a new signboard, patch the crater-like potholes, and clean the clogged drains.
And of course, control the sale of liquor and buai.
The once-premier housing estate in Port Moresby is becoming more like a slum every day...like all things Papua New Guinean..

 

The shame of Port Moresby's buses and taxis

 The buses (PMVs)  and taxis in Port Moresby and getting filthier and stinkier by the day.

Not to mention the thugs who drive the taxis, who could end up robbing you or worse, and the filthy bus stops which abound with petty thieves and drug dealers.

This is in a city which is said to be the "richesr and fastest growing in the Pacific" and will host the Melanesia Festival of Arts and Culture at the end of this month, Pacific Games in 2015, and APEC in 2018.

Last week, I posted on Facebook that Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko  told me towards the end of last year that PMVs and taxis would be spic-and-span in time for the 2015 Pacific Games. 

It's June now and our PMVs are getting filthier and stinkier by the day.

Taktchenko replied:   "Instructions where issued to the transport department last year.

"If I was in control of that department you would see a difference,

" I can't personally do everything myself when relying on people that are not doing there job.

"I will push the issue again with the appropriate authorities.

"Why don't you do some productive reporting and ask the Transport Secretary what he's  doing to clean up the buses and taxis towards the games."

The road to nowhere

Twas total chaos on the Erima to 9-Mile Road yesterday as traffic came to a complte standstill and it was much faster walking than driving. 

The public relations of the contractir, Dekenai Construction,is so poor that the thousands of people who use this road don't know what the hell is going on. 

I remember, back in Lae in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Australian company Barclay Bros was carrying out roadworks, they had a very popular and successful radio programme where one of their managers would talk rugby league and then give a roads update.

 Unfortunately, Dekenai doesn't fall into that class, and we continue to suffer every day. and I know this only too well as an 8-Mile resident.

Gordon Market Pig Sty

For a city that hosts the Melanesian Festivalf of Arts and Culture at the end of this month, Pacific Games in a little over 12 months from now, and APEC in 2018, , Port Moresby continues to have pig stys in its midst, filthy and stinking buses and taxis, and litter, litter everywhere.
 This is Port Moresby, home of the LNG processing plant, and said to be the richest and fastest-growing city in the Pacific...in a country that has gone backwards big time since 1975.

Why ExxonMobil's US$19 billion LNG project is a big deal

By Bob Ciura
June 10, 2014 

The Motley Fool

 

The role of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is increasing among the integrated oil and gas super-majors. Giants like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM  ) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX  ) are spending huge amounts of money to build massive LNG plants around the world.
For these two behemoths, the tantalizing potential of emerging market energy demand has prompted each one to build LNG facilities in the Asia-Pacific region. Chevron management stated in its last presentation that LNG demand will nearly double by 2025.
For ExxonMobil, its Papua New Guinea LNG plant is an exciting catalyst because of its enormous production potential. And, this potential is getting very close to materializing since the company just took the first LNG shipment.
This marks the beginning of a long and highly profitable journey for ExxonMobil, one that will leave it and its shareholders measurably better off.
LNG from PNG
ExxonMobil has a large number of high-profile projects lined up this year, so it might be easy to overlook an individual project in such a far place as Papua New Guinea. But you'd be wise to pay close attention to this particular LNG project because its production potential is truly amazing.

Source: pnglng.com

Over the $19 billion project's expected 30-year lifespan, ExxonMobil expects to produce 9 trillion cubic feet of gas. Each year, project capacity is pegged at 6.9 million tonnes. The first shipment just occurred, headed to Tokyo Electric Power in Japan, ahead of schedule. Other major customers for the project's output include China Petroleum and Chemical and Osaka Gas. Production toward a second shipment is ongoing now that additional wells are coming online.
The project is an integrated one, with gas production and processing facilities stretched across several provinces of Papua New Guinea. These facilities, which include a gas conditioning plant and liquefaction facility, are connected by roughly 435 miles of pipelines.
In a statement, Neil W. Duffin, president of ExxonMobil Development Company, stated:

The PNG LNG project exemplifies ExxonMobil's leadership in project execution, advanced technologies[,] and marketing capabilities. Our demonstrated expertise will enable us to progress other LNG opportunities in our portfolio, including expansion opportunities in Papua New Guinea and to meet growing global demand.

This project mimics Chevron's own huge LNG projects, which are situated in Australia. The end result for both companies is to serve the large (and growing) demand for energy in the emerging markets, Asia more specifically.
Chevron is nearing completion of two separate projects in Australia called Wheatstone and Gorgon. Wheatstone is a $29 billion project which includes two LNG trains with a combined capacity of 8.9 million tonnes per annum and a domestic gas plant. First shipments are expected in 2016. Meanwhile, the Gorgon development is one of the world's largest LNG projects. Gorgon is about 80% complete, and management expects first shipments next year.
Why LNG matters
Liquefied natural gas holds great promise. As a liquid, it's much easier and more cost effective to store and ship. In fact, LNG occupies up to 600 times less space, according to an industry report from Royal Dutch Shell.
And, since energy demand across the globe is set to rise in the near future, LNG represents a huge opportunity.
It should come as no surprise, then, that integrated super-majors ExxonMobil and Chevron are getting ready to begin production on their own LNG projects. Both companies have situated massive LNG production facilities near Asia to easily accommodate the rising demand from Japan, China, and other nations.
ExxonMobil's $19 billion LNG facility in Papua New Guinea just shipped its first cargo, an exciting start to a long and highly productive venture. LNG will surely assist in getting production going in the right direction again for both companies, which couldn't come at a better time.

Phillipines, Papua New Guinea face EU import ban

by AFP

RUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Tuesday warned the Philippines, one of the world’s largest fishing nations, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) that they face an import ban if they do not curb illegal fishing.
The European Commission said it had failed to make progress in talks with both countries and decided to issue a formal warning—a “yellow card” —that they must reach EU standards on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
If the Philippines, listed as the 12th biggest global fishing nation, and PNG fail to come up to scratch “through dialogue and cooperation . . . then the EU can proceed to trade measures,” the commission said.
The position will be reviewed within six months to see if the two countries have made enough progress on action plans drawn up by the EU, it added.
In March, the EU banned fish imports from Belize, Cambodia and Guinea for “acting insufficiently against illegal fishing.”
The commission similarly warned Panama, Fiji, Togo, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu in 2012 and South Korea, Ghana and Curacao in 2013 but on Tuesday said most of these countries had “cooperated constructively” with Brussels.
Illegal fishing is estimated to account for 15 percent of the world catch annually, with the EU importing about 65 percent of its seafood.
Fisheries in the Philippines and PNG are under huge pressure from growing populations and environmental damage.
The EU imported fish worth 165 million euros from the Philippines in 2013 and 108 million euros from Papua New Guinea.

Simon says, 'let's help our PNG children'

Our good brother Simon P Merton, who is in Australia recovering from a heart condition, is not one to sit back.
 He is filling a container with school supplies for the disadvantaged children of his adopted home in Popondetta, Northern province. 
His efforts caught the attention of the local newspaper, Caboolture News, which featured his efforts in last Wednesday's edition. 

SIMON SAYS, as a footnote, that he is "not a former PNG resident" as the paper says but a full PNG citizen.