On the sidelines of the 2024 Petroleum & Energy Conference on Friday 18th October,2024, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited Managing director, Wapu Sonk signed a Pre-Front-End Engineering & Development (FEED) contract for a Floating LNG (FLNG) facility in the Gulf of Papua, in PNG. Mr. Sonk announced that this important contract had been awarded to Shanghai Wison Offshore & Marine Company Ltd. Mr Damien Nguyen, the Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Nguyen who signed on behalf of the company said Wison was delighted to work closely with Kumul Petroleum in its ambitious plan to commercialize gas fields in Papua New Guinea. “Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited has for some time been investigating how to commercialize stranded gas resources, particularly in its Petroleum Retention Licenses (PRLs 47 & 50) over the Pandora and Uramu gas fields offshore in Gulf Province, this is a critical step and in the right direction, one we are extremely excited about as the national petroleum company,” Mr. Sonk stated. “KPHL has evaluated these gas discoveries and completed reserve certification, which has given us confidence in moving to this stage of the commercialization plan.” KPHL is 100% license holder of the two PRL offshore licenses now and intends to farm down post this study to interested partners who see value in the 1.5mtpa FLNG project in PNG. “This Pre-FEED study is a necessary step to ensure that we understand the full scope, cost, schedule, risk and the full economic value before deciding on moving to FEED and final investment decision (FID).” “The Pre-Feed study is expected to take 8-12 months, which should lead to FEED thereafter and FID sometime in 2026 or 2027.”