EMPNG Supports Local Communities Inside This Issue the Year in Review 2
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ISSUE NO 4, DECEMBER 2015 PNG LNG EMPNG supports local communities Inside this issue The year in review 2 Blood donation 3 Tari Hospital Independence Day 4 Marine Terminal safety Buk Bilong Pikinini 5 Promoting fun science Youth camp 6 ExxonMobil PNG LNG Plant manager Murray Bell and Papa Elementary ExxonMobil PNG’s Andrew Barry and the TB screening School’s teacher in charge Puro Bisia (shaking hands) with representatives of Salvation Army and Uniting Church ExxonMobil PNG’s Community Affairs Team, Laba Holdings and Mauri Ranu at representatives Bob Haro and Captain Career day a water delivery to Papa Elementary School. Bernard Kila with containers of rice to be 7 shipped to Western Province. Piku Project Kundu and Digaso festival Severe drought and frost partnership with the Salvation Salvation Army Literacy soil around crops 8 PNG Hunters continues to impact local Army and the Fly River School, Lealea Elementary l Collect important plant communities in PNG Provincial Government for School, Papa Community materials for preservation following the effects of Western Province. Pre-school and Bogi Literacy l Start planting drought extreme weather conditions School. resistance crops such as To prevent illness, due to El Nino. In addition EMPNG, with cassava communities are encouraged endorsement from the Managing Director Andrew to: EMPNG recognizes the National Disaster Centre, Barry said by partnering with Mid-drought l Boil drinking water if it 1 l impact the conditions are is supplying clean drinking community organisations and Store yam, sweet potato comes from an unknown having across the country water to nearby community provincial governments, we and cassava tubers source and is partnering with organisations such as schools, can ensure that our support is correctly l Do not wash and drink community organisations, clinics and churches in Hela reaching those most in need. l Manage livestock from the same source l provincial governments, and Province and around the LNG Protect drinking water l Do not throw or dump landowner companies to Plant site. In addition to direct drought sources waste into the water support drought relief efforts relief in villages around our l Continue to mulch crops across Hela, Western, and In villages near the LNG Plant facilities EMPNG is helping EMPNG encourages everyone communities around the LNG EMPNG is investing over farmers with technical advice Post-drought to share these messages with Plant site. K150,000 to provide clean and materials including l Replant food gardens family and friends who may drinking water for eleven planting drought resistant from saved seeds and be experiencing the effects of EMPNG has donated primary schools and three crops and monitoring planting materials El Nino. K68,500 to the PNG Uniting health clinics in Porebada, activities. l Be quick to plant leafy Church to assist in their relief Boera, Papa and Lealea. The greens and corns, along efforts around Hela Province. water project is expected to To cope with the effects of with sweet potato The Uniting Church will work deliver 100,000 litres of water drought in each of its stages, varieties once rain falls alongside the Hela Provincial to the villages throughout EMPNG together with the l With the shortage Government to address the December. National Disaster Centre of water in rivers and food and water shortage recommends the following: creeks, there is high issues faced by communities. To support the efforts, LNG possibility of water borne Plant Landowner Company, Pre-drought diseases with symptoms To aid relief efforts in Western Laba Holdings Limited is l Enrich soil by placing such as diarrhea, Province, EMPNG has installing water tanks for leaves and grass over abdominal pain and fever funded 3,900 bags of rice in Porebada Elementary and crops and over exposed spreading. Message from Managing Director Andrew Barry Welcome to our last edition customers in the Asia Pacific. support for Piku the pig- I would like to take this of PNG LNG Ties for 2015. In the year that Papua New nosed turtle and the efforts opportunity to thank the Guinea celebrated its 40th to help preserve the unique PNG government, our co- Earlier this year we year of independence, I biodiversity in Papua New venture partners, suppliers celebrated one year of believe our workforce has Guinea. and contractors, landowners reliable operations since the truly shown the world what and communities, who PNG LNG Project started this great country is capable The joint initiative between have helped us to make this production and as 2015 of. You will read more about EMPNG the PNG Tribal year a success and wish draws to a close we could this and our plans for 2016 in Foundation and Project CURE you and your family a very not be more proud of having this edition. has also seen more than 700 Meri Krismas na Gutpla Niu continued that performance medical supplies delivered to Yia. I look forward to your and safely loading more than Also in this edition, you Tari Hospital. continued support in 2016. 150 cargos for delivery to our will learn more about our The year in review and a look to the future PNG LNG Project Managing country, we commenced supply of a team effort and commitment to terrain, provides us with a strong Director Andrew Barry talks about up to 25 megawatts of electricity deal with the challenges that arise. platform to grow our business in the the achievements of the PNG from gas turbine generators inside We are very proud of our collective country. LNG Project and ExxonMobil’s the LNG Plant to PNG Power. To success. commitment to Papua New Guinea deliver this project in just five short In the past five years, together with into 2016 and beyond. months since its inception was quite What projects are in the future our joint venture partners, we have 2 remarkable. pipeline? invested more than 1 billion Kina Where is the PNG LNG Project at in local exploration. The success today? But the Project’s achievements reach We are currently investing to of the PNG LNG Project and the further than just the physical assets. confirm resources for the potential quality of our exploration portfolio Since the early startup of the PNG expansion of the PNG LNG Project, places Papua New Guinea as one LNG Project ahead of schedule in In the first half of this year alone we including future plans for exploration of ExxonMobil’s exploration and 2014, we have continued to build on delivered 24,000 hours of training to drilling on the Muruk well north of investment focus areas. our early success and our reputation develop the skills of our production Juha and drilling on the P’nyang for being a reliable supplier of LNG to workforce which consists of around field in Western Province. These The P’nyang project represents a our customers across the Asia Pacific. 2,600 people. We have worked field reserves have the potential further multi-billion dollar investment almost 56 million hours since July to increase the supply of domestic in PNG and the potential expansion Since startup, we have been 2013 without a lost time incident – gas for power generation and also of the PNG LNG Project, creating focused on safely increasing the an outstanding achievement - and provide energy for future growth of jobs and additional revenue for the efficiency of our operations and proudly watched as our third intake the PNG LNG Project. nation. enhancing production rates at the of Operations and Maintenance Hides Gas Conditioning Plant and trainees began training in April. We are working closely with the Our global outlook for energy the LNG Plant. It’s pleasing to see government on the Petroleum predicts that LNG demand in the these facilities operating above our In our local communities we Development and associated pipeline Asia-Pacific’s fastest growing expectations after only 18 months of continued to build key programs licences for the P’nyang field, that economies is set to rise by more than production. focusing on education, health are required prior to our investment 60 percent over the next decade. and environmental management. and development of an additional What have been some of the Personally I was very pleased to 50 megawatt gas fired power station With its central location in the region, highlights in 2015? see 100 staff take part in World near the LNG Plant on behalf of PNG Papua New Guinea is well placed to Environment Day activities this year Power, and future drilling. help meet these future energy needs. ExxonMobil and the PNG LNG and watch our partnership with the Project had another outstanding year Texas Children’s Hospital and the We have also completed a seismic in 2015. Baylor College of Medicine grow data acquisition program covering to help train students, doctors and more than 100 kilometres around the In February the first PNG LNG nurses at the Port Moresby General Juha and Hides fields in the Southern custom-built ship the Papua arrived Hospital. Highlands, which once analysed, in Caution Bay and tied up at the we hope will lead to further drilling LNG Plant marine loading facilities to How did ExxonMobil achieve programs in these areas. load its first cargo and in June, just these goals? one year after production began, we What are ExxonMobil’s plans for the celebrated our 100th cargo. Today It’s the hard work and cooperation of future in Papua New Guinea? we have loaded more than 150 the PNG Government and provincial cargos and produced more than 10.9 governments, our co-venture Our presence in Papua New Guinea million tonnes of LNG. partners, suppliers and contractors, does not end with the PNG LNG landowners and communities in and Project.