Under plans revealed in October, state-owned energy firms in Myanmar will seek foreign partnerships to improve operations and open up downstream energy operations to investment.
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Articles & Analysis | The government is focused on encouraging more efficient use of power supplies from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
As an export-oriented energy producer and a high-income country with a humid climate, Brunei Darussalam has one of the world’s highest rates of energy consumption per capita. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), annual per capita consumption stood at 9.44 tonnes of oil equivalent in 2011, the sixth-highest amount in the world and about five times the...
Articles & Analysis | With major investments in a new refinery, downstream prospects are multiplying from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
The country has long had big ambitions for the downstream segment of its energy sector, and 2014 was the year when they finally began to take shape. The $10bn oil processing and petrochemicals complex planned by China’s Zhejiang Hengyi in Brunei Darussalam passed a crucial milestone in February 2014 when Hengyi and the Bruneian government formed a joint venture, Hengyi...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Ken Marnoch, Managing Director, Brunei Shell Petroleum from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
How are local oil and gas operators assisting with the national plan for economic diversification?
Articles & Analysis | OBG talks to Hj Awang Hj Ali, Executive Chairman, Belait Shipping; Supna Karwanamurthi, Managing Director, FLUX O.S.; Mohd Shafie from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
What impacts has the recent local business development (LBD) framework had on domestic companies in the energy sector?
Articles & Analysis | Improved technologies are providing new ways to produce hydrocarbon resources from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
Like all traditional oil and gas producers, Brunei Darussalam is running an uphill race against time. The giant fields that have been the country’s mainstay since the 1970s or earlier are in decline, and the remaining undeveloped resources are increasingly difficult to reach. They are deeper and in smaller, more scattered reservoirs.