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
June 19, 2017 by
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
June 28, 2013 by
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 […]
