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A Myanmar worker fixes the lids of oil barrels near a jetty of Yangon river in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
22 February 2023
Oil, biggest single Myanmar import this financial year
The clean-up operation underway for a crude oil spill caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited in the Gulf of Thailand, near Rayong. Photo: Royal Thai Navy/AFP
News
28 January 2022
Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after...
Thailand's navy and pollution experts battled Thursday to clear up an oil spill close to...
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News
26 January 2022
Myanmar junta soldiers burn oil fields in Magway’...
Workers in the oil fields of Magway have been dramatically affected by scorched earth...
This handout photo taken on August 24, 2021 and received on August 25 from the Indonesian Navy shows the Bahamian-flagged MT. Photo: AFP
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26 August 2021
Indonesia seizes tanker wanted over Cambodian oil...
Indonesia's navy said Wednesday it has seized a tanker and its crew who were wanted on...
A general view of Halfdan Field with the drilling rig Monarch, part of the Maersk North Sea Oil Fields. Photo: EPA
Business
13 June 2021
Oil demand set to exceed pre-pandemic levels in...
Oil demand is set to rise above pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year, the IEA said...
An outside view of oil storage tanks inside the Puma Energy Asia Sun petroleum products terminal in Thilawa port, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
19 March 2021
Myanmar sanctions reducing imports of gasoline...
Unrest and sanctions are reducing Myanmar’s imports of gasoline and other oil products,...
Business
10 June 2020
UK based firm wins offshore natural gas project
UK-based Penspen has won a contract from an oil and gas operator in Myanmar for an...
This photo taken on March 10, 2019 shows workers building a new oil rig at an informal oil field in Minhla township, central Myanmar. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
15 March 2019
Myanmar’s black gold lures plucky oil drillers
As clouds of acrid, black smoke belched above the flames engulfing an artisanal oil field...