Gas bonanza offers chance to tackle poverty in PNG

Reported by The Age on Thursday, 19 November 2009 (on November 19, 2009)

Within a matter of weeks, the Papua New Guinea Government expects to close a deal with Exxon Mobil to export liquefied natural gas, in what promises to be the single largest investment in the nation's history. Once operational, the project will generate around $3.8 billion in exports each year - equal in value to 80 per cent of all the country's exports today.

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