Issue Description

The total gas royalty underpayment is US$19.988million.  The companies involved are;

NPDC- US$11.585million

ND Western- US$6.595million

Frontier - US$1.807million

Neiti Recommendations

DPR should follow up and recover the outstanding sum of US$19.988million from NPDC, ND Western and Frontier.

Status Implementation

A total payment of US$26.631million relating to prior year was made. This was higher than the established liability of US$19.988million because of some overdue payments related to the period before 2016 which was not included in the assessment made in the 2016 report.