Launch of report on Chinese Oil and Gas investment in Burma
Tuesday, October 21, 10.00 am - 11.00 am (FCCT, Bangkok)
Tuesday, October 21, 6–7 pm (Chiiang Mai)

Arakan Oil Watch will launch "Blocking Freedom," a report describing the disruptive impacts of recent Chinese oil exploration on Ramree Island in western Burma, where local oil workers have extracted oil by traditional methods for centuries.

The island is the new gateway into the Indian Ocean for China, which is planning a deep-sea port at Kyauk Phyu town. From there, oil and gas pipelines will traverse Burma to Yunnan. The report exposes how Chinese state-run oil firms CNOOC and CNPC are failing to implement their Corporate Social Responsibility rhetoric, and raises concerns over expanding Chinese oil investments in Burma.

Arakan Oil Watch is a Burmese civil society organization that has monitored oil and gas investment in Burma since 2005. It regularly releases the Shwe Gas Bulletin.

The main speaker will be Mr Jockai Khaing, director of Arakan Oil Watch and main author of the report. Another speaker, Ms Rebecca Iwerks from US-based Revenue Watch Institute, may also speak but is unconfirmed so far.

 

For further details and pictures, contact Jockai Khaing

Tel: +66-84-0465813

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