BLOCK A (1st and 2nd relinquishment areas)

Name of Oil and Gas block BLOCK A (1st and 2nd relinquishment areas)
Size of each block in Square Kilometer 3,195
Name of main operator company KrisEnergy (Apsara) Ltd.
Co-operator (Partner) KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd., Cambodia National Petroleum Authority (CNPA)
Operation status Revoked
Type of block Offshore

Reference documents

Background: Cambodia oil and gas block A
Block A covers an area of 3,083 sq. km over the Khmer Basin offshore Cambodia in water depths of 50 meters to 80 meters. It is located to the east of the Pattani Trough the most prolific hydrocarbon producing basin in Thai waters. The original petroleum agreement for Cambodia Block A was awarded in March 2002. The contract area has undergone two relinquishments from an original area of 6,278 sq. km to 3,083 sq. km on 23 August 2017 signing of the revised petroleum agreement and production permit.
Cambodia energy sector assessment, strategy, and road map
This sector assessment, strategy, and the road map (ASR) document​ the current analysis of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) analysis of the strategic investment priorities of the Government of Cambodia and ADB in Cambodia’s energy sector. It highlights sector performance, significant​ development constraints, government plans and strategy, past ADB support and experience, other development partner support, and ADB’s future support strategy.
Energy country review Cambodia
This document reviews the progress of Cambodia's oil and gas sector in the past and the present of Cambodia’s petroleum industry. Cambodia's oil and gas exploration block of Cambodia's territory is divided into six offshore blocks (A to F) and nineteen onshore blocks (I to XIX). There are also a further four areas in the overlapping claim area (OCA) that are currently contested with Thailand.