Total plans work on installations in Myanmar

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2007

PARIS (AFP) — The French energy group Total said Thursday it planned to carry out work on installations in the Yadana gas field in Myanmar, where according to press reports the government is to establish a maritime exclusion zone.

The newspaper The Mirror, controlled by the ruling military junta in Myanmar, said the fisheries ministry would impose an exclusion zone in the Gulf of Martaban, where the Yadana field is located.

The paper said that from early December no vessel would be allowed to enter the zone.

A Total spokesman described the move as "a precautionary measure and a temporary decision."

He said plans to install a compression platform in the Yadana field were designed to allow Total to "maintain its production and to meet the demands of...