PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies Chief

Executive Patrick Pouyanne recently spoke to Papua New Guinea

Prime Minister James Marape to discuss a planned LNG drilling

project and agreed to modify the initial agreement with a slight

delay, the company said on Monday.

The planned project 'will review the structure of some

packages and open competition to an enlarged panel of Asian

contractors', the French company said, adding that in its view,

the project needed to keep working with third-party contractors.

As a consequence, the final investment decision of the Papua

LNG project is now expected in 2025, the company said.