Cambodia Looks to Kuwait for Oil Exploration Experience?
Cambodia Looks to Kuwait for Oil Exploration Experience
Thursday, April 02, 2009
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(Adds a Rio Tinto official's comment that the deal has been completed, a comment on the purpose of the sale and the latest development in the
The company will acquire all the shares of Petroleum Resources (
Petroleum Resources holds Rio Tinto's 16.67% stake in the Blocks B7, B8 & B9 concession and a 16.67% interest in an Overriding Royalty Agreement covering production from Block 9A in the Gulf of
The terms of the deal between BG Group and Rio are confidential, it said.
Prior to this deal, BG Group held a 50% interest in Blocks B7, B8 & B9 and in the Overriding Royalty Agreement.
A Rio Tinto official said the sale of the Australian unit was completed earlier Wednesday but declined to give further details. Macquarie Group, which is the financial adviser to Rio Tinto, also declined to comment.
The purpose of the divestment is to streamline Rio Tinto's business portfolio, which is focused on the mining and processing of mineral resources, a person involved in the industry said.
The B7, B8 and B9 concession, covering a total area of 10,420 square kilometers, was awarded to the group in 1972 but has been inactive since 1975 due to the overlapping claims in the area of
The department said in February that it is ready to resume talks with the Cambodian government on the overlapping offshore claims so that the potentially resource-rich area of 26,000 square kilometers can be developed.
-By Supunnabul Suwannakij, Dow Jones Newswires; 66 2266 0744; tu.suwannakij@ dowjones.com
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Cambodia Looks to Kuwait for Oil Exploration Experience
Thursday, April 02, 2009
The Cambodian National Assembly (NA) has just approved a draft agreement with Kuwait, which can facilitate the kingdom to draw oil-exploring experience from this Arabic country, national media said on Thursday.
By approving the draft version of the Cambodian-Kuwaiti Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement, NA allows the Cambodian government to have one more partner to participate in the exploration and development of the oil and natural gas resources of the kingdom, Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News quoted parliamentarian Cheam Yeap as telling reporters at NA here on Wednesday.
"This is the goal that the government has pursued for years," he said.
Cambodia can copy and fully tap the experience of Kuwait, who, as one of the oil-producing giants in the world, has a long and successful history in the field of petroleum and natural gas exploration, management and development, he said.
"It will hugely benefit our future work in this sector," he added.
Details of the draft agreement have not been disclosed.
The off-coast area at the southwestern tip of Cambodia is believed to be rich in oil and natural gas.
Over 10 foreign developers have been exploring the resources there, but none of them has started up production yet.
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