Central & SE Asia / Australasia
Country profile: Papua New Guinea
| Location: | Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia |
| Climate: | tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation |
| Terrain: | mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills |
| Size: | 462840 sq. km total (Land area: 452860 sq. km Water area: 9980 sq.km) |
| Population: | 5,931,769 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) |
| Government: | constitutional parliamentary democracy |
| Capital city: | Port Moresby |
| Legal system: | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | kina (PGK) |
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Country profile
The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 50,000 bbl/day (January 2006 est.) | 95 million cu m (2005 est.) |
| Consumption: | 26,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 95 million cu m (2005 est.) |
| Exports: | 44,580 bbl/day (2005 est.) | |
| Imports: | 24,020 bbl/day (2005 est.) | |
| Reserves: | 170 million bbl (2007 est.) | 331 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Papua New Guinea - recent news
| 15 Sep 26 |
PNG: Wood secures long-term construction services contract with ExxonMobil PNG Wood has been awarded a new $200 million contract by ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) for construction services in support of the EMPNG operated PNG LNG Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). |
| 14 Sep 26 |
Wood secures long-term construction services contract with ExxonMobil PNG Wood has been awarded a new $200 million contract by ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) for construction services in support of the EMPNG operated PNG LNG Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). |
| 07 Sep 26 |
PNG: Santos to increase interest in Papua LNG TotalEnergies has agreed with ExxonMobil to transfer operatorship of the Papua LNG project to ExxonMobil PNG Antelope Limited, in parallel with a partial sell-down of its participating interest to the other Papua LNG joint venture partners in proportion to their existing interests. |
| 07 Sep 26 |
Papua LNG achieves major contractual and commercial milestones, marking decisive steps towards a Final Investment Decision. TotalEnergies has announced that Papua LNG has achieved major contractual and commercial milestones, marking decisive steps towards a Final Investment Decision. |
| 24 Jul 26 |
PNG: ABL awarded FSO installation job in Papua New Guinea ABL has secured an agreement with Oil Search (PNG), a subsidiary of Santos, as the operator of the PNG Oilfields Projects, to provide services linked to a new floating storage and offloading ('FSO') facility. |
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Other countries in this region
- Australia,
- Bangladesh,
- Brunei,
- Cambodia,
- China,
- Fiji,
- Hong Kong,
- India,
- Indonesia,
- Japan,
- Laos,
- Malaysia,
- Maldives,
- Mongolia,
- Myanmar,
- Nepal,
- New Zealand,
- North Korea,
- Pakistan,
- Palau,
- Philippines,
- Singapore,
- South Korea,
- Sri Lanka,
- Taiwan,
- Thailand,
- Timor Leste,
- Vietnam
