PTTEP pushing for development of M-3

Affairs of state: a session of Burma’s the lower house of parliament in Naypyidaw

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By Tan Hwee Hwee and RUSSELL SEARANCKE Singapore and Wellington

 17 May 2012 22:59 GMT

Thailand’s PTTEP is set to embark on early engineering studies on a planned development of its gas reserves in Block M-3 in the Gulf of Mataban off Burma, just weeks after elections introduced an element of democracy to the country and sparked the easing of international sanctions.

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