Four articles on new gas field off Arakan

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1. Daewoo makes giant gas discovery in Rakhine basin off northwestern Myanmar, "Oil and Gas Journal", Jan. 16; 2. Giant natural gas discovery off Myanmar, UPI, Jan. 16; 3. GAIL set to invest Rs 4000 crore to cart Myanmar gas, "Business Standard", Jan. 17; 4. Massive natural gas reserve confirmed in Rakhine State, Myanmar "Times", Jan. 19-25..."Daewoo International Corp., Seoul, and Korea Gas Corp. discovered 4 to 6 tcf of recoverable gas on Block A-1 in the nonproducing Rakhine basin shelf in the Bay of Bengal off northwestern Myanmar and plans to pursue other similar objectives on the block. The Shwe-1/1A wildcat is the first wildcat drilled in the Plio-Pleistocene section off northwestern Myanmar and the country's first offshore discovery since Yetagun gas field in the Gulf of Martaban 12 years ago, Daewoo said. This is Daewoo's first well on its first project as operator..."

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IFI Discussion Group

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2004-01-20

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2004-01-27

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