Gulf Province

Total begins drilling at Antelope 6

According to a statement released by the Port Moresby Stock Exchange, the well is designed to provide structural control and reservoir definition on the field’s eastern flank.

It has a proposed total depth of about 2,464 metres (8,084 feet) true vertical depth sub-sea and is located about 2km east-south-east of Antelope-3.

InterOil holds a 36.5375% interest in the well.

Total E&P PNG Limited has a 40.1275% interest, Oil Search has 22.8350%, and the remaining 0.5000% is held by minority parties.

Kerema girls try out for national soccer teams

This was part of PNG Football Association talent Identification program, giving young women the opportunity to show their soccer talent.

The program was run by PNGFA women's football development officer Frederica Sakette and national U20 assistant coach Margaret Aka.

Two stations were set up with three football activities taught by two coaches at each station.

Dribbling, passing and shooting were among the basic skills the young women learned before they put them into action with some games to close out the program.

TB screening facility for Malalaua District

The building which is yet to be opened cost K10 thousand by the Medical Sans Frontier (MSF) Organisation working in partnership with the Gulf Provincial Health Divison as volunteers in controlling TB.

Mr. Akita Korua a trained TB officer says this building has made his work more efficient because he used to conduct outpatient clinics under the trees but during rainy days the clinics were disrupted.

He said the building has a special area outside where patients can provide sputum on the spot to be collected by the TB Officer to be tested at the laboratory.

Man and woman jailed in Kerema porn crackdown

Gulf Police Commander Lincon Gerari says that the two were part of a group arrested and charged for producing porn materials last week.

The duo were sentenced on Friday afternoon while the case involving two other females, one of whom is a 15 year old, has been adjourned to the 5th of next month.

The other woman wanted in the porn case has yet to appear in court.

Meantime, commander  Gerari says that this case is the tip of the ice-berg as he says that it is an indication of a breakdown in moral ethics in the town area.

School pleads for power boost

That’s  because students and the teaching staff have been surviving on rationed electricity since last year because the current generator  is experiencing technical problems.

This means the students are given only 2 hours of night study each night and teachers also get two hours to prepare lessons for the next day which is inconvenient in providing quality education.

This problem has been raised with the Kerema Open Member Richard Mendani and the Malalaua District Office but nothing has happened.

InterOil spuds Triceratops-3

A statement released by InterOil today revealed that Triceratops-3 targets additional volumes north-west of previous appraisal wells.

“A potential tie-back candidate to Elk-Antelope, Triceratops-3 is about 5.6 kilometers west-north-west of Triceratops-1 and 35km north-west of Elk-Antelope” says InterOil.

InterOil holds a 69.0931% interest in the well and is operator.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp holds a 12.9032% interest in the well with the remaining 18.0037% held by minority interests.

InterOil will keep the market informed of material developments.

Games Relay begins its journey through Gulf Province

The Relay will visit the Oil Search Kumul Platform off Deception Bay today before visiting Kikori District.

The Relay kicked off its journey through the province on Tuesday with a convoy sped along the Hiritano Highway through to Malalaua.

The Relay team had a welcome stop at Karahure as they passed into Gulf. From there the Relay visited Lese Oalai visit before stopping by at the Wahoo drilling rig owned by Total and Interoil.