19 June 2018

Landowner groups have blocked a main road and vandalised equipment belonging to ExxonMobil's LNG gas project in Papua New Guinea's Hela province.

Police say landowners frustrated at continued delays in payment by the government of project royalties were behind the attack...They set fire to and damaged earthmoving equipment, and have dug up a main road, hindering access to the project.

A spokesperson for ExxonMobil said the company was investigating the vandalism at Angore and monitoring ongoing tension in the Highlands...