Yadana Project
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The Yadana Project is a project to carry natural gas from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea to Thailand through Myanmar. The Yadana gas field is located about 60 km offshore to the nearest landfall in Myanmar [1]. The Yadana Project is operated by Total S.A., a French energy group, with Unocal Corporation, a United States based company, as its junior partner along with PTT, a Thai state-owned oil and gas company, and Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), a state-owned enterprise of Myanmar [2]. This project has been subject to much criticism in the international community, particularly because companies of democratic nations invested in a regime that has been noted for its human rights violations.[3] The State Law and Order Restoration Council came under intense scrutiny for their human rights abuses during the construction of the pipeline and their involvement in the project led to a landmark lawsuit being filed against Unocal [4].
The Yadana natural gas field contains more than 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas and has an expected field life of over 30 years [1]. In 2005, the output averaged 18.5 million cubic meters per day.
The Yadana Pipeline is 256 miles (412 km) long, most of which underwater, with the final 40 miles (64 km) crossing over southern Myanmar in a region inhabited by the Karen, a minority ethnic group hostile to the government[5]. Construction of the pipeline was completed in 1998 and had cost $1.2 billion [2].
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- ^ a b Total. Yadana Project. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ a b Environment News Service. Unocal Settles Out of Court With Myanmar Villagers. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ EarthRights International. Yadana Natural Gas Pipeline Project. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ "Thailand's Yadana pipeline: Proposed route starts controversy" (November 1996 - February 1997). Watershed: People's Forum on Ecology 2 (2).
- ^ Manuel Velasquez. Unocal in Burma. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
