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umul Petroleum Holdings was established in 2009 by the government

of Papua New Guinea. Its mandate included oversight of the state’s

interest in the US$19 billion PNG LNG project, the nation’s flagship

project, which transitioned the country from oil exporter to now

liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter. Wapu Sonk has served as the

company’s Managing Director since 2013, having brought with him

two decades of industry experience. This has left him with a keen eye for the future

of PNG’s Petroleum and Energy, and a passion to improve not just the country’s

energy industry, but its society as a whole. »

KUMUL PETROLEUM’S MANAGING DIRECTOR WAPU SONK

WANTS TO LEVERAGE THE COMPANY’S STRENGTHS TO DRIVE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S ECONOMY.

WORDS OLIVER FEATHERSTON � IMAGES MADNESS PHOTOGRAPHY

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