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AFP PORT MORESBY — Energy giant ExxonMobil Tuesday refused to confirm reports of an arson attack on its 15-billion-dollar gas project in Papua New Guinea, saying only that police were probing an unspecified incident. The National newspaper reported that trucks and heavy machinery were torched by local villagers at an Exxon quarry near Kaiam Ferry in the southern Gulf province of Kikori last Friday. "No one was injured or directly threatened," ExxonMobil spokesman Miles Shaw told AFP, confirming that police were investigating an incident involving the liquefied natural gas project but declining to provide details. "Police are carrying out their investigation so until that is complete it would not be appropriate to comment at this time." Police contacted by AFP could not immediately comment. The National said the attack was believed to have stemmed from ongoing landowner unrest about Exxon's gas project, which will include liquefaction and storage facilities in th

AFP PORT MORESBY — Energy giant ExxonMobil Tuesday refused to confirm reports of an arson attack on its 15-billion-dollar gas project in Papua New Guinea, saying only that police were probing an unspecified incident. The National newspaper reported that trucks and heavy machinery were torched by local villagers at an Exxon quarry near Kaiam Ferry in the southern Gulf province of Kikori last Friday. "No one was injured or directly threatened," ExxonMobil spokesman Miles Shaw told AFP, confirming that police were investigating an incident involving the liquefied natural gas project but declining to provide details. "Police are carrying out their investigation so until that is complete it would not be appropriate to comment at this time." Police contacted by AFP could not immediately comment. The National said the attack was believed to have stemmed from ongoing landowner unrest about Exxon's gas project, which will include liquefaction and storage facilitie