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The former head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank is the latest to be detained in the expanding – and politically charged – Kyrgyzneftegaz probe. Melis Turgunbaev, who became head of the National Bank in June 2024, resigned on March 18. [1]

A nephew of Kyrgyzstan’s recently dismissed security chief Kamchybek Tashiev was reportedly detained in connection with a corruption case involving state-owned Kyrgyzneftegaz. [2]

At present, cooperation is being expanded with China, India, Thailand, Russia, and countries from the Middle East in Myanmar’s offshore oil and natural gas projects, Union Minister for Energy U Ko Ko Lwin said. [3]

Junta-owned Myanmar Oil and Natural Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and Thailand’s Gulf Petroleum Myanmar (GPM) signed a product-sharing contract in Naypyitaw on Thursday for offshore natural gas production, the first new natural gas project since the 2021 cou... [4]

Mizzima The NGO Blood Money Campaign has issued a statement on 9 November entitled: Statement on Thailand’s Pursuit of New Gas Projects that Channel Blood Money to the Myanmar Criminal Junta. [5]

RANGOON — As resource-rich Burma gears up to join the global anti-corruption scheme for the oil, gas and mining sector, a survey by a London-based advocacy group found widespread corporate secrecy in the sector, which has long been plagued by corrupt... [6]

They did not even wait to see if Aung San Suu Kyi would win a parliamentary seat. They did not wait to hear if European Union ministers will vote later this month to end economic sanctions. [7]

Energy Sector Due to See Changes Burma’s oil and gas industry could be due for a shake-up amid a rise in mergers and acquisitions in Asia’s energy sector, according to a report in Nikkei.com Major Western oil producers are seeking to divest assets in... (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-26 · 85% match

More Questioned, Arrested, in Expanding Kyrgyzneftgas Probe

The former head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank is the latest to be detained in the expanding – and politically charged – Kyrgyzneftegaz probe. Melis Turgunbaev, who became head of the National Bank in June 2024, resigned on March 18.

[2] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-19 · 75% match

Corruption Allegations at Kyrgyzneftgas Put Tashiev’s Network in the Crosshairs

A nephew of Kyrgyzstan’s recently dismissed security chief Kamchybek Tashiev was reportedly detained in connection with a corruption case involving state-owned Kyrgyzneftegaz.

[3] MM elevenmyanmar.com · 2025-12-31 · 48% match

Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd

At present, cooperation is being expanded with China, India, Thailand, Russia, and countries from the Middle East in Myanmar’s offshore oil and natural gas projects, Union Minister for Energy U Ko Ko Lwin said.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-05-30 · 56% match

Thai Firm Signs Up for Another Offshore Natural Gas Project in Myanmar

Junta-owned Myanmar Oil and Natural Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and Thailand’s Gulf Petroleum Myanmar (GPM) signed a product-sharing contract in Naypyitaw on Thursday for offshore natural gas production, the first new natural gas project since the 2021 cou

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-10 · 53% match

Blood Money Campaign raises concerns about new gas projects in Myanmar

Mizzima The NGO Blood Money Campaign has issued a statement on 9 November entitled: Statement on Thailand’s Pursuit of New Gas Projects that Channel Blood Money to the Myanmar Criminal Junta.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-06-27 · 55% match

High Level of Corporate Secrecy in Oil and Gas Sector, Survey Finds

RANGOON — As resource-rich Burma gears up to join the global anti-corruption scheme for the oil, gas and mining sector, a survey by a London-based advocacy group found widespread corporate secrecy in the sector, which has long been plagued by corrupt

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-04-03 · 53% match

Oil Firms Scramble in ‘Klondike’ Black Gold Rush

They did not even wait to see if Aung San Suu Kyi would win a parliamentary seat. They did not wait to hear if European Union ministers will vote later this month to end economic sanctions.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-03-04 · 51% match

Business Roundup (March 4)

Energy Sector Due to See Changes Burma’s oil and gas industry could be due for a shake-up amid a rise in mergers and acquisitions in Asia’s energy sector, according to a report in Nikkei.com Major Western oil producers are seeking to divest assets in

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-11-14 · 52% match

Unlocking a ‘Sleeping Petroleum Giant’

YANGON — Potential investors at a hotel conference room in Yangon in September were invited to salivate over Myanmar’s geology.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-12-11 · 51% match

‘Dirty List’ Names 49 Firms Doing Business with Military

CHIANG MAI, Thailand—A total of 49 companies worldwide are named and shamed in Burma Campaign UK’s latest “Dirty List” of firms that do business with the Myanmar Military.

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