Monday, 15 July 2019
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, MP has urged Oil Search to pay
its fair share of tax due to the Government and people of Papua New Guinea.
Mr Marape was speaking at the occasion to mark the 90th
anniversary of Oil Search operations in the country last week.
He said Oil Search and PNG Government have been sharing this
journey for a long time since PNG gained independence in 1975.
“I like to believe that PNG governments in the past and present
have had quite a significant input into what Oil Search is today and without
that support, Oil Search shares will still be pegging along the same track as
Santos and many of the companies operating in the country.
“I want to pay my respects to the landowners of the entire areas
in which Oil Search has operated since 1929, some of them here tonight, me
included.