According to local media reports, Exxon Mobil has shut down its operations on 19 June 2018 after landowners burnt heavy machinery on PDL 8 site in a show of frustration over alleged non-payment of the Business Development Grant (BDG).
Following a temporary shutdown of operations after a severe earthquake that ravaged Papua New Guinea on 26 February 2018, Exxon Mobil has announced that production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has safely resumed at the PNG LNG project, with LNG exports expected to resume soon after.
With exploration partner Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Angkor Gold continues as the operator to develop the primary target on the Oyadao South License, which is a copper porphyry system known as the Halo Project.
Vietnamese media has reported that a tailings pond at a gold mine in Tam Lanh Town, Quang Nam Province had breached its banks, releasing pollutants into a nearby river, contaminating the water and killing fish.