Governor calls for ‘aggregation scheme’ for resources

​Western Province Governor, Taboi Awi Yoto, is calling on the Government and relevant authorities to take into account the Western people’s proposal on the commercialization of its hydrocarbon resources.

He said P’nyang gas field and all other gas and liquid fields in Western Province must be developed within the province through an “aggregation scheme”.

He added that few gas fields in the province cannot be developed as standalone due to their low resource deposits.

Therefore, he said the proposed aggregation scheme would pave way for the monetization of these stranded gas fields.

“Without this scheme, it is absolutely known that these stranded gas fields won’t and will never go into production,” says Yoto

“Given our experience in the first LNG project, it is evident that there’s enormous potential in the spin-off businesses.

“However, relevant stakeholders such as provincial and local level government and the project affected landowners for the first LNG project failed to grasp the extensiveness of this opportunity.

“I as the Governor responsible for my Western people do not want to repeat the same mistake and see this opportunity pass through.

“Having the aggregation scheme developed in Western Province would see my landowners from well-heads, pipeline routes and export facility to benefit from the spin-off from the project, thus achieving the Government’s long term vision of wealth creation.”

The Governor further reiterated that the Fly River Provincial Government, the Local Level Government and the people of Western Province are ready and willing to work with all stakeholders for the aggregation scheme.

“However, if the Western people’s plea are ignored by the State and the project developer, the Fly River Provincial Government has the capability and the capacity to undertake challenges to ensure that P’nyang is developed in the province via the aggregation scheme.”

He said settling this matter in court is not what the Fly River Provincial Government and its people opt for, but would not hesitate to go down that path for the good of the province.

Author: 
Freddy Mou