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China resource demand changes economic map — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

ELAINE KURTENBACH From SHANGHAI,China Jun 27, 2006 China's huge hunger for energy and other resources needed to feed its juggernaut economy is creating a profitable bond with commodity exporters, helping to refashion global markets and trading alliances.

Look on Burma: Ministry hints to OIL — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

by Nava Thakuria, From Mizzima News : August 19, 2004 : The Indian ministry of petroleum and natural gas has asked the state owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) to look 'eastward', with a hint on Burma for increasing crude oil and gas production in the coming days.

Myanmar allows GAIL-OVL team to take part in exploration — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Hindu, Business Line, India : August 10, 2004 : THE Myanmar Government and Daewoo have agreed to allow participation of an Indian consortium in the exploration of the A3 exploration block, according to an official release. The consortium consists of GAIL (India) Ltd and ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL).

China mulls oil pipelines in Myanmar, Thailand — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

By Phar Kim Beng, From Asia Times : Sep 23, 2004 Booming China, with its voracious appetite for oil and urgent need for oil security, is considering a China-Myanmar oil pipeline and one through Thailand. These are among 10 recent proposals on alternative strategies to secure China's energy supplies.

Chinese-led JV Signs Exploration Contract with Myanmar — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Xinhua News Agency : October 22, 2004 A consortium comprising two Chinese and one Singaporean companies reached a production-sharing contract with Myanmar here Thursday on cooperation in oil and natural gas exploration.

Open to transit corridor for Myanmar gas — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From India Times : December 9, 2004 : This could be a major breakthrough in India's energy diplomacy. If initial talks are any indication, India could soon be working on a transit corridor through Bangladesh to import gas from Myanmar.

Unocal shadow on gas import plan — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

S. P. S. PANNU, Telegraph India : December 7, 2004 : It has now become increasingly evident that serious differences between US' Unocal and the Bangladesh companies seem to be at the heart of the matter which led to several futile rounds of talks by Indian companies such as Gail to import natural gas.

Dhaka to tag strings to allowing gas pipeline — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Daily Star, Bangladesh : December 4, 2004 : Bangladesh will allow a proposed tri-nation gas pipeline to be drawn from Myanmar through its territory if India lets Bangladesh use its land to transit goods to and from Nepal and removes barriers to trade between the two countries.

Dhaka defers support to Indo-Burma gas pipeline — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Nava Thakuria, From Mizzima News, India : December 3, 2004 : Bad news for the concerned sections regarding the energy security of India after Bangladesh government has decided to defer its support for the three-nation natural gas pipeline from Burma to India thorough Bangladesh.

Compensation for gas field fire demanded — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Daily Star, Bangladesh : January 28, 2005 : Leaders of the Student-Youth Movement to Resist Plundering of Oil-Gas yesterday demanded compensation for the damage caused by Tengratila gas field fire and Magurchhara gas explosion.

Consortium Signs 3 Oil Deals With Myanmar — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Associated Press : January 27,2005 : A Chinese-Singaporean consortium signed three production-sharing contracts Tuesday with Myanmar's state oil company to explore for oil and gas, state-run media reported Thursday.

Burma and multinational companies: who profits — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Scoop : January 26, 2005 : The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) today released a new report on business with Burma. The 28-page document, entitled "Doing Business with Burma", concentrates on investment in and trade with Burma and shows how foreign business relationships with Burma - by large and small multinational companies - generate vast profits for the country's military dictators. The ICFTU simultaneously released an updated version of its Burma company database, which now contains the names of some 440 multinational companies, adding over 40 new names.

Foreign firms sign more oil, gas contracts with Myanmar — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Xinhua : January 25, 2005 : A consortium comprising two Chinese and one Singaporean companies reached three contracts with Myanmar here Tuesday on cooperation in oil and natural gas exploration in two onshore and one offshore block areas.

Details will decide Myanmar deal's success — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Financial Express, India : January 24, 2005 : Petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's ability to forge an alliance with Bangladesh and Myanmar to help quench the country's thirst for gas is commendable. However, there are concerns that the gains on the diplomacy front are not backstopped with firm commercial footings. The question is whether the MoU between the three countries involving movement of gas from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh by pipeline makes commercial sense.

Gas Deal Wins Kudos, But Activists Warn of Rights Abuses — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Ranjit Devraj, From Inter Press Service : January 18, 2005 : While a new trilateral deal for Burma to export natural gas to India through Bangladesh augurs well economically for New Delhi, activists warned that the Burmese military regime could implement the project using forced labour.

Deal reached on Myanmar gas for India via Bangla — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Indian Express : January 14, 2005 : NEW DELHI, JANUARY 13: Within a week of India sealing a $40 bn LNG deal with Iran, Bangladesh today agreed to make space for a $1 bn 290-km gas pipeline that will run from Myanmar all the way to Kolkata.

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar agree in principle to gas pipeline — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The China Daily : Thu Jan 13,2005 : YANGON (AFP) - India, Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed in principle to cooperate in a gas exploration and overland pipeline project that would send gas to energy-hungry India, state media reported.

Tripartite Gas Pipeline Talks Today — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Nilofar Suhrawardy, From Arab News : 12 January 2005 : NEW DELHI :Within a week of India warming up to Saudi Arabia in oil diplomacy and signing a 25-year deal with Iran, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is exploring new horizons in the same field. Before leaving for Yangon, to hold talks with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Myanmar, Aiyar said yesterday: "We are having a tripartite meeting of energy ministers from India, Bangladesh and Myanmar in Yangon on Jan. 12 to see how gas from Myanmar could flow from India through a land pipeline."

Talks to explore possibility of India-Myanmar pipeline — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Reliance News, India : January 11, 2005 : New Delhi will hold talks with Dhaka and Yangon tomorrow to explore the possibility of laying a natural gas pipeline from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh.

ONGC Videsh Strikes Gas in Second Well Offshore Myanmar — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

ONGC Videsh Limited, From RIGZONE : January 7, 2005 : ONGC Videsh Limited has announced gas in the first appraisal well in the Shwe gas field in Block A-1, Myanmar, 7.8 kilometers away from the first exploratory well, where the Consortium discovered gas in January last year.

Tri-nation gas pipeline nearing go-ahead Dhaka to tag condition of land transit to Nepal — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Shahnaj Begum, From The Independent, Bangladesh : 5 January, 2005 : Bangladesh's land transit to Nepal is expected to dominate the talks when India, Bangladesh and Myanmar meet in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, on January 12-13 to finalise a three- nation gas pipeline project.

Conditions Set for Tri-nation Gas Pipeline Project — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Energy and Power : 3 January 2004 : The government has put some conditions in allowing construction of a gas pipeline from Myanmar to West Bengal through Bangladesh territory. Official sources said that the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) has prepared a draft for the proposed Myanmar-Tripura-Bangladesh-West Bengal gas pipeline project,The EMRD draft set certain stipulations like importing gas from Myanmar, when required, and keeping provision for transmission of Bangladesh's gas domestically or for export through the pipeline network for the trans-border project, they added.

Dhaka, Yangon, Delhi to sign deal in March — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Daily Star, Bangladesh : February 28, 2005 : A tripartite accord between Bangladesh, India and Myanmar will be signed next month in Dhaka for the proposed trans-border natural gas pipeline.

ILO team leaves Yangon after failing to meet top generals on forced labor — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Agence France Presse : February 23, 2005 : A high-level team sent by the UN's International Labour Organisation on Wednesday cut short its mission to Myanmar, after failing to meet top generals to assess the junta's commitment to fighting forced labour.

Myanmar's gas riches entice Asian investors — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From Reuters : Thursday February 17, 12:29 PM : SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Politically and economically isolated for more than a decade, Myanmar is being thrown a lifeline by its Asian neighbours, which are jostling to spend billions of dollars to tap the country's energy resources.

Dhaka, Yangon to finalise road link — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Rafiq Hasan, FromThe Daily Star, Bangladesh : February 17, 2005 : Myanmar Foreign Minister (FM) Nyan Win will come to Dhaka on February 24 for giving final endorsement to the project of the proposed road link between Dhaka and Yangon.

Magurchhara Blowout- Dhaka to go to int'l court for compensation — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From The Daily Star, Bangladesh : February 16, 2005 : Bangladesh will go to the international court seeking compensation for the damage caused by fire in the Magurchhara gas field. The 1997 fire damaged gas worth Tk 3,900 crore, State Minister for Energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain said in parliament yesterday, replying to a question by a Jamaat lawmaker.

Tri -Nation Pipeline Meeting Now on Feb 27-28 — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

From BD News, The New Age : February 15 2005 : BDNEWS, Dhaka :The first meeting of techno-commercial working committee on a tri-nation pipeline to take gas from Myanmar to India over Bangladesh will be held in Yangoon on February 27-28.

Construction work on a road in Myanmar begins next month — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Shakhawat Hossain, From The Financial Express, Bangladesh : February 9, 2005 : Construction work on a vital road in Myanmar will begin next month to connect Bangladesh with the East-Asian Highway, sources said. "A final decision on the route was taken at the meeting of technical committees between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Yangon recently," said Communication Minister Nazmul Huda.

Dhaka to Make Fresh Review of Gas Pipeline Project — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Imran Rahman, From Arab News, Bangladesh : February 5, 2005 : The future of the tri-nation gas pipeline project is set to come under fresh scrutiny by the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia following the sudden postponement of the 13th SAARC summit after India expressed her inability to attend the meet scheduled to be held in Dhaka on Feb. 6-7.

Daewoo Finds New Gas Mine in Myanmar — by Michael — last modified 2006-11-02 23:39

Na Jeong-ju, From The Korea Times : March 31, 2005 : Daewoo International said Thursday that its overseas energy development team has found a gas reserve in the sea off Myanmar whose size could be as big as the one it discovered earlier, which contains up to four to six trillion cubic feet of gases.

ILO to Crack Whip on Junta —