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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... [1]

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... [2]

Burma will be the focus of attention in the international oil and gas industry in 2014 as a batch of major offshore exploration licenses are awarded and more blocks are expected to be put up for foreign bidding. [3]

MANDALAY — Despite long-held objections to the project by activists and locals, the Shwe pipeline connecting Burma’s Arakan State to Kunming in southern China began piping natural gas across the Sino-Burmese border on Sunday. [4]

Negotiations have finally begun to select foreign investors to explore for oil and gas in the seas off Burma’s coast, but it could be another eight months before any licenses are awarded. [5]

U.S senators have urged the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas enterprise —the largest source of foreign revenue for the military regime – in the aftermath of the Feb. [6]

RANGOON — In an apparent bid to make tenders to explore for oil and gas more attractive, Burma’s Ministry of Energy is inviting international companies preparing their bids to suggest their own terms for profit sharing with the government, a ministry... [7]

YANGON—The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) board stated Wednesday that Myanmar is making progress on transparency but urged the government to improve public disclosure about gemstone production and state-owned enterprises (SOEs).... [8]

Sources
[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-05-30 · 100% 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

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-06-27 · 100% 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

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-01-01 · 100% match

2014 Promises to Be a Boom Year for Burma’s Gas and Oil Industry

Burma will be the focus of attention in the international oil and gas industry in 2014 as a batch of major offshore exploration licenses are awarded and more blocks are expected to be put up for foreign bidding.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-07-29 · 100% match

China Begins Receiving Natural Gas from Shwe Pipeline

MANDALAY — Despite long-held objections to the project by activists and locals, the Shwe pipeline connecting Burma’s Arakan State to Kunming in southern China began piping natural gas across the Sino-Burmese border on Sunday.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-08-01 · 100% match

MOGE Begins Long Process to Pick Burma’s Oil, Gas Investors

Negotiations have finally begun to select foreign investors to explore for oil and gas in the seas off Burma’s coast, but it could be another eight months before any licenses are awarded.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-04-28 · 100% match

US Senators Call for Sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise

U.S senators have urged the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas enterprise —the largest source of foreign revenue for the military regime – in the aftermath of the Feb.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-25 · 100% match

Burma Govt Allows Oil and Gas Firms to Name Profit-Sharing Terms

RANGOON — In an apparent bid to make tenders to explore for oil and gas more attractive, Burma’s Ministry of Energy is inviting international companies preparing their bids to suggest their own terms for profit sharing with the government, a ministry

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-10-18 · 100% match

Myanmar’s Oil, Gas, Mining Sectors Need More Reform, Says Transparency Watchdog

YANGON—The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) board stated Wednesday that Myanmar is making progress on transparency but urged the government to improve public disclosure about gemstone production and state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-06-27 · 100% match

Lawmaker Presses Union Govt to Share Pipeline Profits with Shan State Govt

Naypyitaw — A Shan State lawmaker in the Lower House has asked the Union government to share the profits from the Shwe natural gas pipeline for development in Shan State.

[10] MM aninews.in · 2020-07-21 · 100% match

Fitch affirms Indian Oil Corporation at BBB-minus with negative outlook

Singapore, July 21 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has affirmed Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC's) long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at BBB-minus with a negative outlook.

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