Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise ( my, မြန်မာ့ရေနံနှင့် သဘာဝဓါတ်ငွေ့လုပ်ငန်း; abbreviated MOGE) is a national oil and gas company of

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. It was established in 1963. MOGE royalties and fees are estimated to generate $1.5 billion USD in annual revenues, about half of the country's foreign currency reserves.

History

Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise was established in 1963 after nationalisation of the Burmese petroleum industry. The nationalised assets of

Burmah Oil Company The Burmah Oil Company was a leading British oil company which was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 1966, Castrol was acquired by Burmah, which was renamed "Burmah-Castrol". BP Amoco (now BP) purchased the company in 2000. History ...

were amalgamated to MOGE . Myanma discovered the Mann oil field in 1970. Peak production in 1979 was 23,000 barrels of oil per day, about three-quarters of Myanmar's total production. The company is a sole operator of oil and gas exploration and production, as well as domestic gas transmission through a onshore pipeline grid. MOGE is a partner in the Yadana natural gas pipeline project, operated by Total S.A., a

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energy group. Other partners in the project include;

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, a

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-based company; PTT, a

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state-owned oil and gas company. The stakeholders and their respective stakes in the project are: # Total S.A.: 31.2% # Chevron Corporation: 28.3% # PTT Public Company Limited: 25.5% # Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise: 15% MOGE is also working in Partnership with

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and

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n Energy Company on further development around the

Shwe Platform Shwe may refer to: * Shwe language, a variety of the Palaung language * Shwe, a subgroup of the Palaung people * Shwe (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter * Than Shwe Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a ...

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Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise
(Ministry of Energy website) Oil and gas companies of Myanmar National oil and gas companies Burmah-Castrol Energy companies established in 1963 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1963 1963 establishments in Burma Government-owned companies of Myanmar {{Myanmar-stub

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