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Japanese oil study ‘Positive’
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JOGMEC’s survey on the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566067/Business/japanese-oil-study-positive.html
Government Goes to China in Search of New Loans
- 4 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard / Cambodian water territory / Cambodians for Resources Revenue Transparency Organisation / Cambodians for Resources Revenue Transparency Organisation chairman Mam Sambath / Cham Prasidh / Chevron Corp / China Banking Regulatory Commission / China Development Bank / China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation / China National Offshore Oil Corporation / China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp / China Petrotech Holdings Ltd / China-Cambodia friendship year / China’s development bank / Chinese aid / Chinese foreign policy / Chinese Premier Li Keqiang / Chinese president Xi Jinping / cigarette industry / Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh / concessional loans / Dams / Defense Minister Tea Banh / exploration blocks / exploration blocks licences / Gas / Hun Sen / hydropower / Implementation of the China-Cambodia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation / irrigation project / Kampot Province / Kandal / Kandal Province / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / Kong Triv / kratie / Kratie Province / Mam Sambath / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / National Bank of Cambodia / oil / oil industry / oil refinery / Oil refinery project / Petrochemical Company / policy banks / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sinomach / Strong district / Strong River Basin / tax regime / Tea Banh
Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel to China on Saturday to meet with the rising superpower’s new leadership, in a trip the government expects to yield nearly $2 billion in loans and aid. Most significantly, the Government is hoping to secure Chinese funding for a 1.67 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-goes-to-china-in-search-of-loans-17314/
Joint venture will take part in oil explorations
- 25 March 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- Asia Pacific Region / Australian aid / Cambodian National Petroleum Authority / CNPA / Hibiscus / Hibiscus managing director / Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad / HiRex Petroleum Sdn Bhd / Kenneth Pereira / Malaysian aid / Mam Sambath / New Zealand / NGO Development and Partnership in Action / oil and gas exploration / Orient Hibiscus Sdn Bhd / Petronas / Rex International Holding Pte Ltd / Rex South East Asia Ltd / Southeast Asia / the Edge Malaysia
Malaysia-based Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has tied up with Rex International Holding Pte Ltd to participate in exploration opportunities in Cambodia and 10 other countries across the Asia-Pacific region, according to a statement released last Thursday. Hibiscus’s wholly owned subsidiary Orient Hibiscus Sdn Bhd and Rex International ...
Digging deep outside the law
- 2 September 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Crime and law enforcement / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Industrial mining / Law and judiciary / Mining
- Cambodia / China-Cambodia Company / Corruption / EISEI / Extractive Industries Social Environmental Impact / Feasibility studies / George Boden / Global Witness / gold / Kong Bisith / Mam Sambath / Mining laws / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Rong Chheng Company / Sok Leng / Suy Sem / transparency / Zhongxin
Weak enforcement of mining laws excludes local communities from the decision-making process and smudges the revenue transparency, said George Boden, a campaigner at watchdog group Global Witness. Weak enforcement of mining laws excludes local communities from the decision-making process and smudges the revenue transparency, said ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090251412/Business/digging-deep-outside-the-law.html