PNG LNG – a History in Making
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Stop illegal Say NO to Drugs Water connection! and Homebrew! Free Monthly English edition - Issue 03 June, 2014 Fighting the By Frschool Giorgio Licini-Catholic fights Reporter HOW do we stop school fights in cities like Port Moresby and Lae? The Tokarara suburb in the National Cap- ital District has found its own way. On PNG LNG – Tuesday 27 May the first batch of Grade 8 A proud day of students from the four Primary schools in celebrations for the area held their joint day of formation on “Building a Culture of Peace, Harmony PNG and Care for our Mother Earth”. They gathered at the convenient venue of Saint John the Apostle Catholic parish A history which is also home to one of the four schools. In the next three weeks all the Grade 8 students will go through the pro- gram and conclude with a grand ‘Grade 8 Sports Day’ on 26 June. “This is the second year we hold this activ- ity – said Josephine TaiabuBaupua – Prin- cipal of Tokarara Primary School. It was inBy Frieda Sila KanaMakingallowing companies to extract cubic feet of gas to be produced first suggested by the local parish priest, minerals from its land for more over the life of the project and Fr Silvestre Saladaga, when school fights IN that defining moment on than 100 years now including compared it to ‘filling up Lake erupted in 2012. The community, the four Wednesday May 14, 2014, gold, silver, copper, nickel zinc, Kutubu around 40 times’. And schools and the District Education Board endorsed the activity which we now plan Prime Minister spoke into the nickel, oil and others. And now the lifetime of the project is 30 to hold every year.” “The boys come to re- walkie talkie these words that after more than 30 years of ex- years from 2014. alize that they are brothers and in recent ploration work under the man- What do the landowners say opened the gas tanks into the times we never had any school fight. The waiting vessel, “Spirit of agement of PNG Gas Project at about the benefits? Grade 8 students go back to their schools Hela’, “This is Prime Minister Hides and Komo, ExxonMobil Pastor Daniel Hewali, a com- and share their experience and the mes- Peter O’Neill. I am thrilled to PNG Limited has proudly ex- munity leader in National Capi- sage of peace with the younger students”, authorise you to begin the ported liquefied natural gas. tal District is from the PDL 1 further commented the senior teacher. process to prepare the Spirit ExxonMobil operates the Proj- Nogoli- Hides area of the LNG. The 2014 program includes talks on law of Hela for the loading of the ect on behalf of a number of dif- He explained that the flame of and order, personal and community first cargo of the liquefied ferent companies, Oil Search, the LNG now appearing at the health, and protection of the environment. natural gas from the PNG the National Petroleum Com- Papa-Lealea LNG site is called, Besides the Tokarara Primary school, led LNG Project.” pany of PNG, Santos, JX Nip- “Gigiria Laitepo” and it means by Ms Baupua, Ororo, June Valley and St. Indeed what a thrilling mo- pon Oil and Gas Exploration, that Lai is a tree that grows on John’s Primary participate in the program ment for the Prime Minister and Mineral Resources Develop- the garden fence and in the old with representatives from the teaching an honour to be the CEO of the ment Company and Petromin. gardens, it is a small but strong staff. nation especially him being a On May 14th 2014, Prime tree used for firewood. The fire son of Southern Highlands, Minister Peter O’Neill and the keeps burning even when the from which Hela Province was founding Prime Minister, Grand firewood is covered in the Other stories inside... born. Chief, Sir Michael Thomas So- ashes to preserve fire for later. The Prime Minister, Peter mare, government ministers “It is what the ancestors O’Neill stood in the presence of and the governors of the prophesied will happen and witnesses of both the govern- provinces of the PNG LNG, and now it is being fulfilled,” Pastor ment of PNG, the companies the ‘tribal chiefs’ the represen- Daniel said. who helped to put in place foun- tatives of the landowners of the There is a myth of the ances- A striving dations and the infrastructure, source of the LNG were present tors in the gas basin area that the landowner representatives to witness the launch of the the fire of Laitepo will be lit local raggae and their provincial government shipment of the first LNG cargo. again in the last days and be sensation - heads, and the lead company, On the occasion also repre- distributed to the entire world to ExxonMobil PNG Limited’s sentatives from Chiyoda JGC, light up the whole world. And P2 managing director and staff, the joint venture that built the when that happens the people and read the ultimate command LNG Plant were there, Misui will get together to eat a feast for the Liquefied Natural Gas of OSK Lines, the company re- and that gathering is called Hela Province to leave the sponsible for chartering the ves- ‘Napa napa’ in the local Huli lan- shores of this land of the ‘unex- sels that deliver the LNG to guage. The myth says that PNG LNG- History pected’ and sail off into the hori- buyers. Misui OSK Lines ownes when this happens, the world in Making - P3 zons to ‘light up’ the world and and operates the Spirit of Hela, will come to an end. bring back hope to the people of as well as the Gigira Laitepo, Case study of late this nation, more in particular, Kumul and Papua, four the ves- To page 3 Mrs . Gidano - P3 the people of Hela, Gulf, West- sels that will ship gas to the first ern and Central provinces. customers in Japan, TEPCO, A few days later, the vessel CPC Corporation, Osaka Gas “Spirit of Hela” sailed off with the and Sinopec. Expert the first load of liquefied natural gas Peter Graham, managing di- Unexpected (LNG) from ExxonMobil PNG rector for ExxonMobil PNG had Limited’s US$19 billion PNG said on the day of the launching Cartoon LNG Project bound for the first of the LNG that, “The volume of customer in Japan, Tokyo Elec- liquefied natural gas to be ex- - P3 tric Power Co. Inc (TEPCO). ported is huge, beyond an ordi- This load is the first portion of nary Papua New Guinean’s The key milestones of the PNG LNG the 9 trillion cubic feet of gas. imagination. Mr Graham at- Papua New Guinea has been tempted to simplify the 9 trillion Project. Photo: Nicky Bernard Wantok TODAY is a monthly English bulletin, an initiative by Word Publishing Company, an insert in WANTOK Niuspepa P2 June, 2014 Music Scene Youth say... Empowering youths in the 21st Century with Let’s hear what Sandra, Loretta, and Josiah have to say about the challenges Issac Liri they face today as youths, and their thoughts to become good youths and bet- ter leaders in the future……. employment today. Every- fighting, vandalising, and at And lastly, attitude, to work one needs money to sur- times, they tend to laugh at me humbly and behave in an vive today, and through for not being included in their appropriate manner. employment, one can be groups. What youths must do to able to meet his or her During my primary school- become better citizens: needs. ing days, I was once offered a Youths should have an Gossiping is another smoke but I refused, and I am open and clear under- challenge to me. Gossiping happy I made the right deci- standing of things and the affects young people psy- sion that time. people around them. chologically, and we expe- What youths must do to be- Youths must always hang rience difficulties in giving come better citizens: around with the right peer our best in work and stud- I believe that youths today group. Youths must also ies. must possess guiding princi- Name: Sandra Amuru be happy of who they are, Name: Loretta Baniyamai Peer pressure is another ples to guide them on the right Age: 25 and ignore the negative Age: 21 challenge to me. Hanging Name: Josiah Kana path towards their goals. In Origin: Manus Province things that others say Origin: Milne Bay/ Cen- around with the wrong Age: 18 order for a youth to be obedi- Dream Job: Journalist about them. Youths must tral group of people leads us Origin: Madang ent towards his or her princi- Current Employment: Ad- always think positive about Dream Job: Administra- astray. Dream Job: Lawyer/Journal- ples, he or she must set ministration Secretary themselves, they must tion Officer What youths must do to ist boundaries to prevent being and Purchasing Officer learn to have confidence in Employment: Trainee Ad- become better citizens: Employment: Student (Kilak- engaged in activities which will order to build a good char- ministration officer at Youths must be involved ila Secondary School) not be beneficial in the future. My challenges as a acter. Port Moresby Medical in church activities because Before having principles and youth today: Youths should be in- Service it can shape them to be- My challenges as a youth setting up boundaries, disci- One of my greatest chal- volved in church activities, come good Christian today: pline must be the core thing to lenges as a working youth they must learn to be ethi- My challenges as a youths.