Oil Search is expected to begin appraisal drilling shortly at its P’nyang South well, where it hopes to prove up expansion feedstock for the PNG LNG project.

The Australian explorer, a junior partner in the future export plant, completed construction of the well site last quarter.

“P’nyang South will appraise the P’nyang gas field, which Oil Search believes could be a key resource for LNG expansion activities,” Oil Search said in a quarterly operations report.

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