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Papua New Guinea

PNG LNG to Asia. Highlands gas that never needed Hormuz.

exporter

Oil production

0.0 mb/d

0.0 mb/d demand

Net oil

0.0 mb/d

Export surplus

Gas production

12 bcm

Net +12 bcm

O&G rent

9.0%

Fiscal breakeven $40

Oil balance

Production versus demand, 2025, million barrels per day.

Production0.0 mb/d
Consumption0.0 mb/d

Gas balance

Production versus demand, 2025, billion cubic metres.

Production12 bcm
Consumption0.4 bcm

Proven oil

0 bn bbl

Gas reserves

0.2 tcm

Refining

0.0 mb/d

LNG

8 bcm export

Hydrocarbon mix

Oil versus gas in this country’s oil-and-gas demand (oil-equivalent).

  • Oil74%
  • Gas26%

Economy

Exxon and Santos pay the state. Papua LNG is the next train — if politics allow.

GDP
$0.0 tn
Population
10.4 m
Oil intensity
0.5 bbl /$1k
Oil & gas rent
9.0% GDP
Hydrocarbon trade
-8.0% GDP
Fiscal breakeven
$40 /bbl
$30 oil shock
+1.2 pp GDP
Club
Independent

Projected oil demand

Regional IEA WEO 2025 oil pathways applied to this country’s 2025 baseline. STEPS 2035 demand 0.0 mb/d (net -0.0) versus NZE 0.0 mb/d (net -0.0).

Scenario2025203020352050
Stated Policies0.00.00.00.0
Net Zero 20500.00.00.00.0
Current Policies0.00.00.00.0

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