{
 "url": "https://emergencemachine.com/brief/c6f",
 "code": "c6f",
 "number_on_stream_that_day": 14,
 "published": "2026-11-13T00:20:33.267Z",
 "expires": "2026-11-20T00:20:33.267Z",
 "place": "Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea",
 "lat": -9.4438,
 "lon": 147.1803,
 "headline": "Tensions Rise Over LNG Deals",
 "paragraphs": [
  "Taiwan has announced it will close its office in Papua New Guinea and halt spot-market LNG purchases, per SCMP.",
  "The move follows China's renewed interest in buying more PNG gas, as Taiwan scales back its energy ties with the Pacific nation, reports Asia Nikkei.",
  "UNICEF called for continued investment in Papua New Guinea’s children as El Niño deepens hardship, per UNICEF.",
  "Meanwhile, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began withdrawing staff from their PNG office, notes Taipei Times."
 ],
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 "method": "Written by a language model from the linked articles; places tagged on the E0–E14 floors of The Arena.",
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  "name": "Institutions"
 },
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  "E7",
  "E12",
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 "pressure": "energy ties",
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   "text": "spot-market LNG purchases",
   "floor": "E10"
  },
  {
   "text": "PNG gas",
   "floor": "E10"
  },
  {
   "text": "El Niño",
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  },
  {
   "text": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs",
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  },
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   "text": "UNICEF",
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  {
   "title": "UNICEF calls for continued investment in Papua New Guinea’s children as El Niño deepens hardship",
   "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPRFM4R3ZGSFg4WUFKZFVkYl9VMmpRcmhBRkJkM1Y1VURSWEJ3SzRWcVk5ZThaWldIUkFfS2QtQURyQ2stWDFEYVFHam9ITk1sQ3hGRTg1MC0wTzN2YThsbGk3SDF2a3pNTGZEVlVzU2ZUYWhVQ2dpcXV5QnEwQ1MzR3ktOC1DZVd2R1ZIR0d3MnZyYW9vLS1fbHBrNThoSzhGY05oaG1KMHltdjl2VVlLeHZsR2FENHlFYU9pTjhDUEM?oc=5",
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   "seen": "2026-11-12T00:43:49Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "Taiwan to shut PNG office and halt spot-market LNG purchases",
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   "outlet": "scmp.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-12T12:00:08Z"
  },
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   "title": "MOFA begins withdrawal of staff from office in PNG",
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   "outlet": "taipeitimes.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-11T16:00:00Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "China offers to buy more Papua New Guinea gas after Taiwan cuts purchases",
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   "outlet": "asia.nikkei.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-11T05:27:00Z"
  }
 ],
 "open_data_shown": [
  {
   "name": "Oil and gas around here",
   "source": "OGIM v3.0, Environmental Defense Fund (CC BY 4.0) · NASA FIRMS VIIRS (NOAA-20, NOAA-21), last 24 h",
   "check_url": "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@147.180,-9.444,7.0z",
   "shown": [
    "1 refinery · 2 LNG plants within 600 km",
    "1 of 7 gas flares burning in the last 24 h",
    "together they burned 11 million m³ in 2025",
    "0 oil and gas fields · 37 wells on record"
   ],
   "said_on_air": "1 refinery within 600 km; the biggest, Port Moresby, can take 33 thousand barrels a day."
  }
 ],
 "attention": null,
 "day": "https://emergencemachine.com/brief/day/2026-11-13"
}