environmental impact statement

This is in advance of its plans of moving forward with its plans to commercialise the field.

This was revealed at the recent PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference in Sydney, Australia.

Pasca A is a rich-gas condensate field located approximately 95km offshore from the Gulf Provincial coastline and nearly 100 metres deep.

The Petroleum Prospecting License (PPL) 328 for Pasca A was awarded in October 2011 and an application for a Petroleum Development Licence (PDL) was submitted to the Department of Petroleum and Energy on the June 30, 2015.

The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific executive director Craig Whelden has set the new deadline at October 1st, saying it is in consideration of the difficulties caused to the people of the CNMI by Typhoon Soudelor.

This is the second extension granted by the U.S. Department of Defense - the initial deferral came after the network blackout caused when the fibre optic cable between Saipan and Tinian was severed last month.