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InterOil in Papua New Guinea welcomes appointment of Bechtel Limited

Posted at 22:36 on 04 March, 2008 UTC

The president, Bill Jasper of InterOil , has welcomed the appointment of Bechtel Limited to spearhead construction of the multi-billion-kina Liquid Niugini Gas project in PNG.

The project involves construction of a pipeline from InterOil’s Elk drilling site to Port Moresby and the building of a hi-tech gas processing plant on a site adjacent to the company’s refinery in Port Moresby.

Mr Jasper described the LNG operation as having a range of benefits for the nation.

The Post Courier reports the foundation partners in Liquid Niugini Gas are InterOil Corporation, Merrill Lynch Commodities and Pacific LNG Operations Ltd.