PNG LNG project executive Decie Autin said the success of the development was due in part to the perseverance of the execution team and the flexibility to quickly adjust to problems.

“There were many skeptics and this was not surprising because we faced formidable challenges,” said Autin.

“We had to convince gas customers, investors and lenders that we could install hundreds of thousands of tonnes of steel pipe and modern industrial plant into one of the most remote, rugged, culturally and politically complex and beautiful places on earth — on time — and make it operate efficiently for decades, and do so in an environmentally responsible and culturally sensitive manner.

“We