Exxon shuts Papua New Guinea plant to inspect quake damage

Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil Corp. has shut production platforms and a processing plant in the highlands of natural gas exp-orter Papua New Guinea after an earthquake struck the Pacific nation.
The US oil giant closed the facilities to assess damage from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake early on Monday morning, it said in a statement. Administrative buildings, living quarters and a mess hall at the Hides operations in Hela Province were damaged, it said.
The shut Hides Gas Conditioning Plant processes natural gas and condensates, an ultra-light form of oil, before it’s shipped hundreds of kilometers to export facilities near the capital Port Moresby. The plant handles up to 1 billion cubic feet of gas daily from eight production wells as part of the Exxon-led PNG LNG project, according to the venture’s website.