Photo: Rupert Bray Managing Director steamships Moderator, Jean- Marc Norway Managing Director Total Energies PNG Limited, Stephen Quantrill Executive Chairman Twinza, Wayne Kasou Senior Vice President PNG stakeholder Management Santos, Peter Larden Managing Director Chairman ExxonMobil PNG Limited.
The fourth Papua New Guinea Energy Summit and Exhibition commenced on the 20th of September 2022 at the Hilton Hotel and will end on the 22nd of September.
The theme of the summit is "A New Dawn for PNG's Energy Sector Development." The host sponsor for the Summit is Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited, whose Managing Director Wapu Sonk gave the opening remarks.
Mr. Sonk stated that PNG is blessed with both renewable and non-renewable resources and that the proper development of these will underpin national development for many years to come.
Representing the government, Minister for Petroleum and Energy Hon.Kerenga Kua, in his keynote address, stated that PNG is an exporter of liquefied natural gas. This, in the long run, will prepare the country for the future to be viable when there will be customers for PNG's green energy export.
Mr. Kua also elaborated that getting electricity to remote areas is not easy given the topography of the country, and PNG's electrification reach is poor compared to other countries.
Major players in the energy industry, including the National Energy Authority (the regulatory body of the state), gave their presentations as well to help potential investors in the country work cohesively with different stakeholders, in line with the government's policy and existing national content plan.
Existing energy developers and partners such as ExxonMobil PNG, Santos, MRDC, Twinza Oil, High Arctic Energy, and Chiyoda also gave detailed presentations.
One of the key areas highlighted by all of them is that they are looking forward to advancing in community initiative projects, including sports, education, health, carbon emissions projects, and utilizing technology that will enhance green energy in the future.
Besides the energy developers, Vodafone PNG was present as well for a presentation on the use of telecommunication as a major player in the energy industry in terms of technology while working remotely in the terrains of Papua New Guinea.
A total of 30 exhibitors were enlisted for the exhibition, including:
- Aspen Medical
- AG Energy Limited
- American Chamber of Commerce
- ANZ Bank Limited- PNG
- Atlas Steel PNG
- ExxonMobil PNG Limited
- High Arctic Energy Services PNG Limited
- JX Nipping Oil and Gas Exploration Corp- Japan
- Kina Bank
- Kumul Petroleum
- Monier Limited
- MRDC
- MTIS Group (Asia Pacific)
- MVIL
- NACAP PNG Limited
- National Energy Authority
- Nambawan Super
- Pacific International Hospital
- Pacific MMI Insurance Limited
- PNG Business News
- PNG Internal Revenue Commission
- RTI International- PNG Electrification Partnership
- Santos Limited
- Telikom
- Thai Benkan Company Limited
- Total E&P PNG Limited
- Touchstone NDT Limited
- Twinza Oil
- Vodafone Papua New Guinea
- Westpac
