Bangladesh will invite international bidding for oil and gas exploration in 24 blocks in the Bay of Bengal on March 10 in an effort to boost domestic energy production, the chairman of state-owned Petrobangla told Reuters on Tuesday.Bangladesh has been battling with energy shortages, with its gas reserves fast depleting and a spike in fuel prices following the Ukraine war.'The deadline for submission of offers for the 24 offshore blocks will be the first week of September and after evaluations…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has reported that all of its assets in the Gulf of Thailand remain operating safely, following a devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar, affecting the neighboring Thailand as well.At approximately 13:30 local time on Friday March 28…
Australian oil and gas producer Beach Energy, backed by billionaire Kerry Stokes, slumped to a more than 2-1/2-year low on Monday after it reported a decline in profit and downgraded reserves for a key gas field in Victoria state.The company's shares closed 12…
Nearly two years after U.S. energy company Chevron condemned violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar and announced it would leave, the company said it still holds assets there, including a portion of an offshore gas field in a venture with the state energy company…
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed a form of sanctions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), the U.S. Treasury Department said, but stopped short of imposing full blocking sanctions on the ruling junta's main source of foreign revenue.The action…
Thai oil and gas giant PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) may extend its contracts for two gas fields in neighboring Myanmar when one ends in 2028 and the other in about 20 years, its chief executive said on Monday.PTTEP also bid for two…
A Vietnamese oil service vessel rescued 154 people from a sinking boat in the Andaman Sea and has transferred them to Myanmar's navy, state media reported, a group that was confirmed by activists as minority Rohingya Muslims. The vessel, Hai Duong 29…
Military-ruled Myanmar earned $800 million from natural gas exports mainly to China and Thailand, between April and July, the junta said in the state newspaper on Thursday.The country has been embroiled in chaos since the military overthrew…
Thai oil and gas company PTTEP has restarted gas deliveries to Thailand from the Zawitka offshore gas field in Myanmar, following a halt caused by an onshore gas leak earlier this month.PTTEP had said that there had been a leakage at the Zawtika’s onshore pipeline…
French oil major TotalEnergies on Wednesday confirmed its definite withdrawal from Myanmar and repeated its condemnation of the abuses and human rights violations in the country.To remind, Total said earlier this year it would officially exit Myanmar oil and gas business in July…
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has withdrawn from Blocks M12, M13, and M14 located in the Yetagun field, offshore Myanmar.'The decision was made following a thorough techno-commercial review in alignment with Petronas' asset rationalization…
French oil major TotalEnergies on Wednesday confirmed it would officially exit Myanmar oil and gas business in July, after the company first announced its plans to leave the country over worsening humanitarian conditions after last year's military coup…
Thai oil and gas giant PTT Exploration and Production Pcl said on Monday it would take over operations of the Yadana gas field in Myanmar from July following the exit of France's TotalEnergies.Oil majors Chevron and TotalEnergies in January…
Malaysia's Petronas and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp are divesting their stakes in Myanmar's Yetagun gas field, the companies said, in the latest exits by major energy companies from the country since last year's military coup.A spokesperson from…
Woodside Petroleum Ltd joined on Thursday multinational oil majors Chevron Corp and TotalEnergies in their plans to exit Myanmar, nearly a year after a military coup plunged the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.Myanmar has faced unrest since…