Numerous landowners from the PNG LNG plant site have issued ultimatums for royalties and equities for landowners to be paid by the end of the year or the PNG LNG project may be under threat.
Landowner representatives from Angore, Juha and Hides gas fields held a joint media conference calling on the Government to seriously address the non-payment of landowners equities.
The landowners made their intentions known following the media reports that landowners from the LNG Plant Site within the Papa/Lealea were to receive their payments after successfully meeting all requirements as per the Oil and Gas Act.
Cedric Patjole with more