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Petroleum Projects in Papua New Guinea

Andrew Deszcz Andrew Deszcz BCom, LLB (Hons) (Monash University) is a Senior Associate at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne, Australia. He can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected].
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Rick Ladbury Rick Ladbury LLB (Hons) (University of Melbourne) is a Partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne, Australia. He can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected]. Mallesons Stephen Jaques advises Australian and international clients operating in PNG through an association with a local firm, Posman Kua Aisi Lawyers (PKA). PKA provides both PNG local law advice and on-ground assistance as required.
Pages 104-119 | Published online: 08 Jun 2015

  • The World Bank, Project Performance Assessment Report, Papua New Guinea, Petroleum Exploration Technical Assistance Project (Credit 1279-PNG), Petroleum Exploration and Development Technical Assistance Project (Loan 3670-PNG), 20June 2002, para 1.
  • M Bale, P Holden and S Holden, Papua New Guinea—A Private Sector Assessment, Report Prepared by the Enterprise Research Institute for the Asian Development Bank, June 2003, 63.
  • The Department of Petroleum & Energy, Petroleum Division, Policy Handbook, April 2003 (‘Petroleum Handbook’).
  • Oil and Gas Act, s 6.
  • K Ongwamahuna and A Regan, ‘Ownership of Minerals and Petroleum in Papua New Guinea: the Genesis and Nature of the Legal Controversy’ (1991) 7 Queensland University of Technology Law Journal 109, 118; I Marru, ‘Customary corporations as mechanisms for landowner representation and benefits distribution in petroleum development projects in Papua New Guinea’, PNG Department of Petroleum and Energy Development Bulletin 60, December 2002, 54, 54.
  • Ongwamahuna and Regan, n 5 above, at 112–23; The World Bank, Project Performance Assessment Report, Papua New Guinea, Petroleum Exploration Technical Assistance Project (Credit 1279-PNG), Petroleum Exploration and Development Technical Assistance Project (Loan 3670-PNG), 20 June 2002, para 5.7.
  • The World Bank, n 6 above, at para 5.7.
  • Ongwamahuna and Regan, n 5 above, at 110.
  • The World Bank, n 6 above, at para 5.8.
  • Ibid.
  • Ibid, para 5.7.
  • Ibid, para 5.9.
  • Oil and Gas Act, s 118.
  • Ibid, s 120.
  • Ibid, s 50.
  • Ibid, s 48.
  • I Marru, ‘Customary corporations as mechanisms for landowner representation and benefits distribution in petroleum development projects in Papua New Guinea’, PNG Department of Petroleum and Energy Development Bulletin 60, 54, 55.
  • Land Groups Corporation Act 1974, s 13(1).
  • Petroleum Handbook, para 4.2.3.
  • Oil and Gas Act, s 176.
  • The World Bank, n 6 above, at para 3.6.
  • Okam Sakarius v Chris Tep (2003) N2355, National Court, 28 March 2003; Puran v Ase Tipurupeke Land Group Incorporated, National Court, 7 April 2005.
  • See Oil and Gas Act, s 173(4).
  • Ibid, s 67.
  • Ibid, s 129.
  • Ibtd, s 129(1)(c).
  • Ibid, s 160.
  • Central Banking (Foreign Exchange and Gold) Regulation 2000, reg 6.
  • Ibid, reg 10.
  • Ibid, reg 7.
  • Ibid, reg 5A.
  • Ibid, reg 22.
  • Oil and Gas Act, s 99.
  • The Minister for Petroleum and Energy.
  • Dicey and Morris, The Conflicts of Laws (12th edn, 1993), 1244; Kleinwort, Sons & Co v Ungarische Baumwolle Industrie AG [1939] 2 KB 678.
  • E Sykes and M Pryles, Australian Private International Law (3rd edn, 1991), 615.
  • Kleinwort, Sons and Co v Ungarische Baumwolle Industrie AG [1939] KB 678; The Argo Fund Limited v Essar Steel Limited [2005] EWHC 600 (Comm).
  • Income Tax Act 1959 (PNG), s 186(2).
  • (1992) 109 ALR 57.

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