"The disdain that these mid level bureacrats have for IOC wont(sic) change".
bert, where are you getting this? My impression from the Company is that they have good relations with and get good cooperation from those bureacrats, even though on "PNG time", and that the primary past problems they have had have been with the energy politicians and their appointees over the bureacrats, especially Petromin/Kalinoe (in bed with Shell) and Duma, with Duma now on board for whatever reason (maybe his survival). IOC has even been getting full cooperation on license adjustments for months, and seem to have no concern for any of that.
Someone here also said Kumul was advertising for new staff, and I doubt it will be "mostly" the "same guys" from DPE who will still need to be doing their current jobs at DPE. I think Petromin has been the primary problem in conjunction with Duma himself; and if it were going to be just a transfer of people from Petromin, which probably couldn't meet future requirements anyway, why advertise for top staffers?
PS: Just saw Palm's posting. I also think it would be safe to say that people considered under-qualified at DPE or Petromin are not likely to be brought into the new organizations.
bert, where are you getting this? My impression from the Company is that they have good relations with and get good cooperation from those bureacrats, even though on "PNG time", and that the primary past problems they have had have been with the energy politicians and their appointees over the bureacrats, especially Petromin/Kalinoe (in bed with Shell) and Duma, with Duma now on board for whatever reason (maybe his survival). IOC has even been getting full cooperation on license adjustments for months, and seem to have no concern for any of that.
Someone here also said Kumul was advertising for new staff, and I doubt it will be "mostly" the "same guys" from DPE who will still need to be doing their current jobs at DPE. I think Petromin has been the primary problem in conjunction with Duma himself; and if it were going to be just a transfer of people from Petromin, which probably couldn't meet future requirements anyway, why advertise for top staffers?
PS: Just saw Palm's posting. I also think it would be safe to say that people considered under-qualified at DPE or Petromin are not likely to be brought into the new organizations.