Myanmar: The Opaque World of Myanmar’s Oil Industry

Jun 26, 2014 | Michael Peel, Financial Times
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A Kazakh gas magnate, a furniture maker and two brothers once under international sanctions are part of a colourful cast flocking largely unnoticed to Myanmar’s emerging oil frontier.

The fast-opening southeast Asian country has handed out dozens of onshore and offshore oil blocks via opaque auctions that campaigners warn have at their worst recalled the secretive days of military rule.