22 November 2013
The Chinese oil port in the Arakan State’s coastal city of Kyaukpyu and the associated country-crossing pipeline to China’s Yunnan Province face a significant issue that could slow down operations considerably. Opposition from the Chinese people and environmental issues have delayed construction of the refinery that is supposed to receive nearly half of the 22 […]
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31 October 2013
The controversial pipeline that stretches from Ramree Island, western Burma to the southwestern part of China is now completely operational and will carry natural gas to help China meet its growing energy needs. As the second largest economy in the world, China is struggling to acquire access to the resources it needs to sustain and […]
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09 September 2013
Police in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, detained and interrogated 11 Chinese staff members of the Shwe National Gas Project on the 5th September concerning the unexplained death of a Chinese worker on the project. The workers are being detained for questioning. All of the employees on the project, located on Maday Island of the Kyaukpyu District, […]
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24 August 2013
The 10 protestors who led a demonstration asking for development around the Shwe Natural Gas Pipeline were scheduled to have their cases decided by a judge in September. The protesters are to be judged following testimony and evidence submitted from both sides, according to U Tun Kyi, one of the group of 10 protestors who […]
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18 August 2011
Burma has officially commenced construction of the main gas pipeline connecting the natural deep sea port of Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, to China’s southern city Kunming, in China’s Yunnan province. Although much construction has already been made at Kyaukpyu port, the official commencement on August 1st 2011 of the pipeline is seen as a major advancement […]
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06 July 2011
Reports of waste piling-up and the dynamiting of reefs to lay the gas pipelines have raised fears of the environmental impact at the Kyaukpyu deep-sea port project. Kyaukpyu residents and workers have signed a petition complaining about the problem to both the local authorities and now to Hla Maung, the prime minister of Arakan State, […]
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10 June 2011
At a conference in Bangkok on Wednesday, the Italian-Thai Development Public Company outlined their plans for a mega deep-sea and industrial estate near the fishing town of Dawei (formally Tavoy), southern Burma. The 10-year, $8 billion plan comes 3 years after the Burmese and Thai governments signed an agreement to jointly develop a port project […]
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26 May 2011
Burmese leader General Than Shwe is visiting China on Thursday for his first official visit as Burma’s new president. The trip will include three days in Beijing where in-depth discussion on China’s navy docking in Burmese ports and their desire to provide naval protection for oil and gas facilities at the port of Kyaukpyu, Ramree […]
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15 January 2008
China is aiming to satisfy its growing energy needs with a pipeline through Burma, an effort that will complicate American attempts to change the regime in Rangoon, which has been widely condemned for its human rights abuses. Burma’s ruling junta, the State Peace and Development Council, attracted global attention in September, when its security forces […]
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