Oil and gas resources
Off-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction
Cambodia hoping to produce oil this year, despite global slump
As the global price of oil craters amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd remains on track to extract the first drop of oil in the first half of this year, said a Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-hoping-produce-oil-year-despite-global-slump
Oil deal expected with Canadian firm
The government and Canadian firm EnerCam Co will soon sign an oil exploration agreement for Block VIII in Preah Sihanouk province, a senior official at the General Department of Petroleum said on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-deal-expected-canadian-firm
KrisEnergy to sell Vietnam oil block and focus on diversion to Cambodia field
Singaporean oil and gas company KrisEnergy has decided to give up one of its oil exploration blocks in Vietnam to focus on its operations in Cambodia. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692143/krisenergy-to-sell-vietnam-oil-block-and-focus-on-diversion-to-cambodia-field
Chinese company granted licence to explore Block D
Chinese-owned Cambodian Resources Energy Development Co Ltd has been granted a three-year exploration licence in the Gulf of Thailand’s Block D, off the coast of Cambodia, a senior official at the General Department of Petroleum told The Post on Thursday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-company-granted-licence-explore-block-d
Black gold on the horizon
The Ministry of Mines and Energy signed a petroleum agreement with Cambodia Resources Energy Development Co on exploration of the offshore Block D oilfield. “Signing the agreement allows the company to conduct studies and search for oil in Block D,” Cheap Sour, director-general of Petroleum ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50690818/black-gold-on-the-horizon
First drop of oil by mid-2020, says Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday confirmed that Cambodia will extract the first drop of oil from the Apsara oilfield in Cambodia’s offshore Block A by mid-2020. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-drop-oil-mid-2020-says-hun-sen
KrisEnergy starts 3D seismic survey
Singapore-based firm KrisEnergy Ltd, which operates Cambodia’s Block A offshore oil development project, has started a 3D seismic survey in the area, a company press release said on Tuesday. It announced the commencement of a 1,200sqkm survey in the offshore Cambodia Block A concession, where ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-starts-3d-seismic-survey
KrisEnergy set to draw first drop of oil this year
Singapore-based firm KrisEnergy Ltd, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, claims it will be able to meet its schedule to extract its first drop of oil late this year. The firm has actively prepared all necessary facilities for the production, Ministry of Mines and Energy ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-set-draw-first-drop-oil-year
Angkor Gold exploring oil and gas potential in Cambodia
Cambodia-focused mineral exploration company Angkor Gold is actively pursuing oil and gas opportunities in Cambodia in addition to its current roster of mineral exploration projects. The Canadian-listed explorer has been in operation in the Asian nation since 2012, closing 10 deals with a combined value of US$19.50 million within ...
Georgia Williams
https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/energy-investing/oil-and-gas-investing/angkor-gold-exploring-potential-cambodia/
Kingdom oil development contract awarded to Keppel
Singapore-based KrisEnergy, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, has awarded a $21.7 million contract to Keppel Shipyard Ltd for the Kingdom’s oil development, its press release issued on Friday said. KrisEnergy announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SJ Production Barge Ltd, has contracted Keppel Shipyard Ltd ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-oil-development-contract-awarded-keppel
KrisEnergy set to review bids for drilling services
Singapore-based firm KrisEnergy, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, is now reviewing bids submitted by contractors for integrated drilling services and a facilities platform. They were submitted during the second quarter. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-set-review-bids-drilling-services
Discussion on petroleum law resumes
With the first drop of crude oil from the Apsara oilfield expected by next year, officials gathered on Thursday to discuss the much-awaited law on petroleum. Representatives of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Justice were ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50479974/discussion-on-petroleum-law-resumes/
Preliminary negotiations over Block D exploration begin
A Chinese-based oil exploration company and a Canadian partner have entered into preliminary negotiations with the government to obtain an exploration license in Block D in the Gulf of Thailand, according to a government spokesman. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preliminary-negotiations-over-block-d-exploration-begin
KrisEnergy seeks nod for 3D survey of Block A
Singapore’s KrisEnergy, the operator of Cambodia’s offshore Block A in the Gulf of Thailand, announced late last week that it has submitted documentation to the Ministry of Environment for a proposed 1,200-square-kilometre 3D seismic survey of its offshore tenement next year. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-seeks-nod-3d-survey-block
Kris says oil field tapped by 2020
Singapore’s KrisEnergy, the operator of Cambodia’s offshore Block A in the Gulf of Thailand, announced on Friday that in 24 months the Kingdom will be an oil producing nation after the firm made its final investment decision that day for extraction in the Apsara oil ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kris-says-oil-field-tapped-2020
Deal for oil field finally signed
Cambodia moved a step closer to becoming an oil-producing nation yesterday after the government finalised its long-awaited production-sharing agreement with Singapore-listed KrisEnergy to develop the country’s first oil field. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-oil-field-finally-signed
Russia to pursue gas in Thai-Cambodian shelf
Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is considering gas production on the continental shelf of Thailand and Cambodia, Russian media reported on Friday. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russia-pursue-gas-thai-cambodian-shelf
KrisEnergy set to sign oil agreement
Singapore listed oil and gas firm KrisEnergy says it is ready to sign an agreement with the Cambodian government after completing details of a revised sharing contract for the Block A oilfield. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37316/krisenergy-set-to-sign-oil-agreement/
Oil firm ready to ink production-sharing agreement
Executives at Singapore-listed energy firm KrisEnergy Ltd say they have settled terms with the Cambodian government and are ready to sign a long-awaited production-sharing agreement that would pave the way for the first-ever extraction of petroleum from Cambodian territorial waters. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-firm-ready-ink-production-sharing-agreement
Block A oil on track
Last month’s purchase by Singapore-listed KrisEnergy of a 42.75 percent working interest in the Block A offshore energy concession made them a majority owner in the project, with an overwhelming control of 95 percent of the stakes. This acquisition is expected to accelerate the development ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31655/block-a-oil-on-track/