Helicopters ‘Core’ to Papua New Guinea's Earthquake Recovery
- Plumbing, electricity at highlands camps crippled: Oil Search
- Energy infrastructure has largely escaped major damage: Botten
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Nine days after a massive earthquake and more than a hundred aftershocks shook Papua New Guinea -- including a 6.7 magnitude hit early Wednesday -- the Pacific nation is struggling to access villages cut off by landslides and secure safe drinking water.
For Sydney-based Oil Search Ltd., which has been operating in the country for almost 90 years, helicopters have become “core” to its efforts to bring supplies and equipment to impacted areas, Managing Director Peter Botten said Tuesday in a phone interview. The company plans to have about 10 helicopters operating this week helping with relief, he said.