Total says won’t quit Myanmar after NGO accusation
Posted by nyein in Business on 12. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:21pm IST
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PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - French energy major Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) will not leave Myanmar, its head told a French daily, after a U.S. environmental group accused it of supporting the country’s military junta with revenue from its gas operations.
$5 Billion for Burma Military Regime comes from Chevron, Total
Posted by nyein in Business on 11. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
Written by Derek Markham
Published on September 10th, 2009
Posted in About Energy, In Asia
A gas project of Chevron and Total is responsible for major funding of the military junta in Myanmar, allowing Burmese generals to accumulate billions of dollars in Singapore banks, and human rights abuses have been linked to the Yadana Pipeline, says human rights [...]
Oil Firms Accused of Whitewashing Burma Pipeline Abuses by Military Rulers
Posted by nyein in Business on 11. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
By Daniel Schearf
Bangkok
10 September 2009
Workers at Total’s billion-dollar gas project in southeastern Burma for the construction of a controversial natural gas pipeline from the Yadana field (1996 file)
A human rights group has accused Western oil firms of whitewashing abuses connected with a gas pipeline in Burma. The group also says Burma’s military government has siphoned [...]
