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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Natural Gas Country Notes

Myanmar

Myanmar has long been a small-scale producer of natural gas, as of crude oil, but its resource base would support a substantially higher output of gas. There appear to be widely differing views on the level of proved reserves: for the purpose of the present Survey, the level of 485 bcm published by Cedigaz has been utilised; World Oil's figure equates to 358 bcm and that in Oil & Gas Journal to only 283.

Until 2000, gas production tended to oscillate around a slowly rising trend. With the commencement of exports of natural gas to Thailand from two offshore fields, first Yadana and subsequently Yetagun, Myanmar's gas industry has entered a new phase. As offtake by Thailand's 3 200 MW Ratchaburi Power Plant has built up, gas production in Myanmar has moved onto a significantly higher level than in the past. Domestic consumption of gas is mainly for power generation.