The drums are beating louder about a potential $10.2 billion Woodside Petroleum move on Papua New Guinea oil and gas player Oil Search.
Independent sources in London and Port Moresby have pointed to plans for a hostile approach set to be made by the Australian player, despite an obvious hurdle in the shape of the PNG government's stake in Oil Search.
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