2018年9月26日 · 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.

Wapu Sonk Managing Director Mr. Sonk holds a Bachelor in Mining Engineering from the University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea and a Diploma of Business – Business Management from Melbourne Business School, Mt Eliza Centre for …

Wapu Sonk was appointed Managing Director of the National Petroleum Company of PNG in January 2013 and the Managing Director of Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited in 2015.

On the sidelines of the 2024 Petroleum & Energy Conference today, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited Managing director, Wapu Sonk signed a Pre-Front-End Engineering & Development (FEED) contract for a Floating LNG (FLNG) facility in the Gulf of Papua, in PNG.

Wapu Sonk General Information Biography. Mr. Wapu Sonk serves as Managing Director at Kumul Petroleum (Kroton). He also served as Managing Director at National Petroleum Company of PNG.

The members of the KPHL Executive Management Team have cumulatively amassed over 100 years of relevant professional experience. This group meets regularly with the managing director to discuss and resolve issues in relation to the day …

WAPU SONK: Papua New Guinea is well known for its extensive and profitable gas fields. While our LNG reserves are lower than those found in Qatar or Mozambique, for example, we have a significant amount of discovered gas, and that allows us to play an increasingly important role in the global LNG supply chain.

Interview: Wapu Sonk. How will the energy sector prepare for the growing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG)? WAPU SONK: Papua New Guinea is well known for its extensive and profitable gas fields. While our LNG reserves are lower than those found in Qatar or Mozambique, for example, we have a significant amount of discovered gas, and that ...

Mr Sonk has over two decades of experience as a Papua New Guinean leader in the oil & gas industry. His career matured with the industry itself maturing from being an oil exporting country to now LNG exporter. He has occupied numerous leadership roles in the Petroleum Industry of PNG since beginning his career with Chevron Nuigini Pty Ltd in 1997.