MPE

Myanmar invites JVs pearl farms for the first time since 2016

July 14, 2020 by Thiha

Local and foreign companies have been invited to set up joint ventures with state-owned pearl farms in Kaw Ye Gyi Island, Tanintharyi Region, said U Tay Zar Lin, deputy general manager from Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (MPE), which is under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.This is the first time the National League for […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: JVs, MPE, Myanmar

Drilling of new wells in Shwe gas field project to start early 2020

November 14, 2019 by thiha

The overall Shwe natural gas project includes the A-1 and A-3 blocks. The A-block contains Shwe and Shwe Phyu fields and A-3 contains the Mya field. The eight development wells will be dug first at the Shwe and Shwe Phyu fields in block A-1and the work is expected to take eight months. Once the wells […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bangladesh, China National Petroleum Corporation, China via current pipeline, CNPC, Daewoo International, GAIL Ltd, moge, MPE, Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, Myanmar Production Engineer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC, Phyu fields, Posco International, Shwe Natural Gas Project, Shwe Offshore, SNGP, U Win Nyunt Aung

Ministry plans to stabilise fuel oil price

July 4, 2018 by Thiha

In an attempt to control rising fuel oil prices, eight State-owned fuel filling stations will directly sell fuel at a fair price as of July 1, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. Rising fuel prices are coupled with an increase in the global fuel price and currency exchange rates. The ministry will sell […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bago, currency exchange rates, Fair Price, fuel oil prices, Gasoline, global fuel price, Local Market, mandalay, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, motorbikes, MPE, Myanmar Fuel Oil Importers and Distributors Association, Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise, Nay Pyi Taw, Petrochemical Factory, small vehicles, Taungoo, Thapayarkan, Yangon

MOEE invites open tender for sale of urea fertilisers, submission deadline: 29 June 2018.

June 5, 2018 by Thiha

THE Ministry of Electricity and Energy invited an open tender for the sale of urea fertilisers yesterday. The urea is produced by fertiliser plants operating under the Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE): 5,000 tonnes from No. 4 Fertiliser Plant (Myaungdagar) and 5,000 tonnes from No. 5 Fertiliser Plant (Kangyidaunt). The tender submission deadline is 12 p.m. […]

Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: Fertiliser Plant, fertiliser plants, fertilisers, Kangyidaunt, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, MPE, Myanma, Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, open tender, Production Department, regulations, submission deadline, tender form

Elite Petrochemical launches first private-sector LPG project in Myanmar

May 29, 2018 by Thiha

Elite Petrochemical Co launched its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Terminal and Port Facility at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone on Saturday. The terminal is the first private sector-led LPG investment open for business in the country. The terminal was developed under a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement across 49 acres of land in Thilawa […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Asia AVA Gas Company, Bogyoke Village, BOT, Build Operate and Transfer, China Harbour Company, China National Petroleum Company, Daw Yee Yee Khin, Deputy Director, director-general, Elite Petrochemical, Elite Petrochemical Co, executive chair, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Terminal, LPG, mandalay, Minbu, Minister for Electricity and Energy, MOEE, MPE, Myanmar, Myanmar investment commission, Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, Myawady, National Strategy, Nyaungdon, oil and gas, Oil and Gas Planning Department, Parami Energy Group, private-sector LPG project, Pyithu Hluttaw chair, Shan State, Tanintharyi Region, Thailand, Thanlyin Refinery, Thilawa Special Economic Zone, U Aung Thet Mann, U Thura Shwe Mann, U Win Khaing, U Zaw Aung

Infrastructure, safety standards needed for LPG industry to take off

May 15, 2018 by Thiha

The government is now more than half way through its term and time is running out for it to make good on its promise to double Myanmar’s supply of electricity within the next two years. But the government is not without backup plans to help it achieve its goals, one of which is replacing the […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Asia AVA Gas Company, Australian safety standards, Australian standards, Bangladesh, Bogyoke Village, CEO, Daw Yee Yee Khin, Deputy Director, director general of the Oil and Gas Planning Department, distribution, electricity, Elite Petrochemical Company, foreign direct investments, gas, gas-filling stations, hotels, import, Indonesia, industrial zones, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, LPG industry, Malaysia, mandalay, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, MPE, Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, Myanmar terminal, Myanmar-Singapore Joint Venture, Myanmar-Thai Border, Myawady, network, Parami Energy, Parami Energy Group, Production Department, restaurants, retailers, Shan State, Sri Lanka, storage, Tanintharyi Region, Thailand, Thanlyin Refinery, Thilawa Special Economic Zone, U Ken Tun, U Zaw Aung, Wholesalers, Yangon, Yangon Region

Asia AVA Gas to build LPG facilities in Yangon

April 23, 2018 by Thiha

Asia AVA Gas Company has entered into a joint venture with Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE), which falls under the remit of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) to undertake a project enabling the import, storage and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Myanmar, Daw Yin Yin Aung, deputy director of MPE, told The […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Asia AVA Gas, Asia AVA Gas Company, Bogyoke Village, Daw Yin Yin Aung, deputy director of MPE, Elite Company, Guiding Star Group Ltd, Households, import, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, MOEE, MPE, Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, Myanmar investment commission, Myanmar Port Authority, Parami Energy Services Company, Public-Private Partnership, singapore, Sky Construction Company Ltd, Thalyin township, Thilawa Special Economic Zone, Yangon

Government reveals plans to build first modern oil refinery in Myanmar

April 19, 2018 by Thiha

State-owned Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE) is planning to build a new oil refinery near an existing state-run facility in Magwe Region, Daw Yin Yin Aung, deputy director of MPE, told The Myanmar Times. The government intends for the project to be implemented in cooperation with the private sector under a Public Private Partnership, in line […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Chauk, China, China National Petroleum Corporation, Daw Yin Yin Aung, deputy director of MPE, high quality oil, Magwe, Magwe Region, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, MOEE, MPE, Myanmar, Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association, Public-Private Partnership, Rakhine State, singapore, South East Asia crude oil pipe line, South East Asia Crude Oil Pipeline Company, State-owned Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, Thailand, Thanlyin, Yangon, Yunnan Province

Myanmar cooks up LPG expansion plan

April 9, 2018 by Thiha

A PUSH to get more households to cook with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) forms a key plank of a plan by the Myanmar government to ramp up the use of the fuel and devote more of the country’s electricity supply to targeted sectors. Zaw Aung, director general of the Oil and Gas Planning Department, said […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: a director, conference programme., David Tyler, director-general, Indonesia, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, LPG expansion plan, LPG rules and regulations, Malaysia, market development, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, MPE, Myanmar Summit, Nyaungdon LPG plant, Oil and Gas Planning Department, Parami Energy Services Co, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Law, state-owned Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise, Tender Process, Thailand, Thanlyin, WLPGA, WLPGA Summit, World LP Gas Association, Zaw Aung

Myanmar’s Largest Oil Refinery Project Cancelled

December 12, 2017 by thiha

Construction of a multi-billion-dollar oil refinery in the south of Dawei has been cancelled after an investor in the project ran into financial constraints, sources confirmed. If completed, the oil refinery would have been the largest in Myanmar. The project, which is backed by the Chinese, had received approval under the former government led by […]