Angore Gas Pipeline
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The Angore Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Papua New Guinea.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from the Angore field wells to the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant in Hela Province.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: ExxonMobil PNG Limited[1]
- Owner: PNG LNG[1]
- Capacity: 350 mmcf/d[2]
- Length: 11 km[3]
- Status: Operating[2]
- Start year: 2024[2]
- Cost: K$5 billion[4]
- Associated infrastructure: Papua New Guinea LNG Terminal
Background
The pipeline was designed to be a tie-in to the Papua New Guinea LNG Terminal (Exxon) via the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant. In July 2018 ExxonMobil announced that it had halted construction due to vandalism of the pipeline.[5]
In July 2021, FID was taken on the Angore development project, including the 11 km tie-in, marking a recommitment to the development.[3]
In June 2024, it was announced that construction of the tie-in was underway once again, and in November 2024 gas began to flow from the Angore fields to the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant, adding an additional 350 mmcf/d delivery to the PNG LNG terminal.[4][1]
Opposition
Landowners and communities displaced by the project were promised benefits such as income streams and infrastructure development. Few of these promises have been fulfilled, however; for example, the township of Komo contains a newly-built hospital building that has no beds, staff, or fuel for the building's generator.[6]
As a result, leaders of area communities organised to blockade the LNG facility by shutting off gas taps at several wells in August of 2016. Security guards attempted to stop the blockade, however, the leaders were armed. They then entered the plant site, locked site gates, and demanded the government honour original project agreements. Armed unrest over the project's failure to deliver agreed-upon benefits to the local population is ongoing.[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 DAVID, Kerebi (2024-11-15). "ANGORE PROJECT COMPLETION FURTHER STRENGTHENS PNG LNG : PNG Haus Bung". PNG Haus Bung. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "JX Nippon Oil & Gas launches production at Angore gas field - Petroleum Australia". Petroleum Australia. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PNG LNG Green Lights Investment for Angore Development". JPT. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 National, The. "Developers near completion of tie-in project | The National". www.thenational.com.pg. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ↑ Exxon’s Papua New Guinea Gas Project Is Dead In The Water, Oil Price, Jul. 16, 2018
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Papua New Guinea gets a dose of resource curse as ExxonMobil's natural gas project foments unrest," ABC News, 9 March 2017
