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Article

13 Feb 2010

Author:
Al Jazeera

[video] Energy firm aids PNG community

Papua New Guinea is an impoverished country rich in natural resources. Last year, it signed a deal with Exxon Mobil for a $15bn liquefied natural gas project. Other resources projects in PNG have been criticised for not helping local communities. But Exxon's local partner, Oil Search, says it is striking a balance - even providing services to the local community that the national government has failed to deliver...