Some 22,000 households in Mandalay Region are using fuel-efficient stoves as part of a government effort to reduce the use of firewood and the resulting destruction of forests and mangroves, according to the Mandalay Forestry Department. U Tint Swe, director of the department, said the stove campaign is aimed at addressing the energy shortage in […]
MPRL E&P starts drilling for Pyi Thit well-1
According to MPRL E&P, Pyi Thit Well 1 in offshore Block A-6 was spudded to appraise gas reserves and prospects. The British Virgin Island-registered MPRL E&P signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in January 2007 for oil and gas exploration in Block A-6. The company has been drilling […]
Fish exporters not ready for EU
Confusion about Myanmar’s readmission into the European Union’s generalized scheme of preferences on June 12 is handicapping efforts by exporters to re-enter the market, industry executives said last week. A spokesperson for the Myanmar Fishery Products Processors and Exporters Association told The Myanmar Times that the impact of duty-free access to Europe on domestic exporters […]