Oil Search records net profit of K1.2bil

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OIL Search Ltd recorded a net profit after tax of US$341 million (K1.2 billion) last year which was 13 per cent higher than in the previous year, chairman Rick Lee says.
Lee said during the company’s 88th annual meeting in Port Moresby on Friday that despite the earthquake last February that affected Hela, Southern Highlands and parts of Gulf and Western, the company generated a healthy operating cash flow of US$855 million (K2.9 billion).
Lee said while sales volumes fell 17 per cent due to the earthquake, this was more than offset by stronger global energy prices.
“The company also maintained a very tight discipline on capital management, ending the year with liquidity of US$1.5 billion (K4.9 billion),” Lee said.
He said good progress has been made over the past year in completing phase one of the landowner benefits identification (Lobid) process, involving the final vetting of clans.
Lee said the identification process for petroleum development licences (PDL) 1 and 7 in Hela was completed and ministerial determination for both licences was gazetted.
“This was a major milestone for the project, with the distribution of funds to landowners, which are currently being kept in a trust, expected to start shortly,” he said.
“Oil Search is continuing to support the government in resolving the landowner benefits identification process for all remaining licence areas.
“These are approaching completion, subject to the removal of landowner injunctions, which, unfortunately, are still impeding progress in two licence areas.”

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  • While Oil Search boasts about it revenue, many people working for Oil Search are working on contract basis or “Casual Employees”. Every day tasks are performed by these casual people who work very hard and are committed while many of the permanent OSL employees do nothing but wonder around.
    These group of people have spent over 10-15 years and they are still employed as “Casuals”. They don’t get the benefits offered to permanent employees. Theses casual people can be terminated without being compensated for their time and services rendered to OSL.

    This is really unfair. When would Oil Search compensate those Casual People occupying permanent positions and have spent over 10years working as a Casual?
    Is their any labour and industrial laws to protect this group of people?

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