Chevron has resumed engineering work on the Ubon gas project in the Gulf of Thailand despite the political uncertainty surrounding the con­cession in which Ubon resides.

Well-placed sources said WorleyParsons recently started work on re-examining elements of front-end engineering and design study that was done several years ago.

While this represents some welcome forward momentum for the project, sources said Chevron and its joint venture partners have given no indication this represents the project is up and away again.

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