LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Papua New Guinea: South Pacific
built 618 days ago
The coastline of mainland Papua New Guinea is mostly low-lying. In the south it is deeply indented by river mouths and by a number of bays, such as Milne Bay at the eastern extremity. Most southward-flowing rivers empty into the Gulf of Papua. Major rivers of the mainland include the Fly, in the southwest; the Purari and Kikori, in the south; and the Sepik and Ramu, in the north. The Fly is navigable for about 800 km (about 500 mi) and the Sepik for about 500 km (about 300 mi).
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Austral Pacific has now entered into a formal agreement with Rift Oil PLC (a UK company) whereby Rift will contribute the first US$6M of expenditure on the Douglas-1 exploration well in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In return, Rift will earn a 65% interest in Petroleum Prospecting License 235 in PNG's Foreland Basin. Austral Pacific will continue as operator of the joint venture with a 35% interest in Douglas-1 and the PPL 235 license.
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A large convoy sent to reinforce the Japanese position at Lae, New Guinea, was sighted by planes of the Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area (Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney commanding), and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (March 1-3, 1943) was the result. Some 335 Allied planes based on Papua, assisted in the mop-up phase by 8 motor torpedo (PT) boats, attacked the convoy and destroyed 12 ships (including 8 transports), some 3,000 men, and 20 to 30 planes. Allied losses in the three-day running battle were 5 planes. In waters of this area, shadowed by American planes, the Japanese never again risked a transport larger than a small coaster or a barge.
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