02-25-2014, 02:29 AM
'jdeo1969' pid='37864' datel Wrote:Oneill should have never retained Duma in the first place IMO. WHy now and not then?
It could be that "then" there was a sometimes adversarial, sometimes agreeable, relationship between Big Men at IOC and Big Men of PNG. Now, with the maturing of IOC's activities in PNG, bringing larger and more professional firms into the picture, such as Total and Woodside, a Duma is out of place. PNG needs a smooth operator as minister for petroleum, a more professional minister, to engage with the smooth operators of the companies now entering PNG.