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Papua LNG Project

Sector: Government • Location: Papua New Guinea

Source: The National | Your Number One Daily!

Project
Delayed

The Papua liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea is facing a delay in its final investment decision (FID). The government may offer multi-billion support and major tax incentives to rescue the project. Former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill criticized the current administration for bending over backwards to developers and sacrificing national revenue through unprecedented tax concess

Status
Failure
Sector
Government, Natural Gas, LNG
Location
Papua New Guinea
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The National | Your Number One Daily!

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The project “Papua LNG Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Government sector, located in Papua New Guinea. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The National | Your Number One Daily!.

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The Papua liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea is facing a delay in its final investment decision (FID). The government may offer multi-billion support and major tax incentives to rescue the project. Former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill criticized the current administration for bending over backwards to developers and sacrificing national revenue through unprecedented tax concessions. He highlighted the contrast with the 2019 agreement signed by his government, which was negotiated domestically and was fair to the people.

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Papua New Guinea

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Government, Natural Gas, LNG

Article published date

2026-03-25

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