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Slugcatcher on PNG's resource sector problems

POLITICS and oil are always a messy combination, especially at a time of rising nationalism and low prices, a combination which Slugcatcher fears is driving Papua New Guinea into an economic dead-end and possibly making it a no-go zone for international investors.

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One of the current flashpoints in PNG is a plan to double the output of the country's liquefied natural gas industry by developing "twinned" projects which share common infrastructure to cut costs. ...

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