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The oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country, they said on Friday, citing the worsening humanitarian situation following last year’s coup.

I sommer ble det kjent at Telenor ville selge Myanmar-virksomheten til libanesiske M1 Group for 900 millioner kroner. Siden har det skjedd lite, for burmesiske myndigheter har ikke gitt salget en såkalt «regulatorisk godkjenning».

TotalEnergies and Chevron are withdrawing from their lucrative Myanmar gas project citing worsening human rights in the country after last year’s military coup.

လနှင့်ချီ ကြန့်ကြာပြီးနောက် တယ်လီနောမြန်မာကို ပြည်တွင်းမှ ရွှေဗျိုင်းဖြူကုမ္ပဏီနှင့် လက်ဘနွန်သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေးပိုင် M1 Group တို့ ပူးပေါင်းဝယ်ယူမည့်အစီအစဉ်ကို စစ်ကောင်စီက ခွင့်ပြုလိုက်သည်ဟု Reuters သတင်းဌာန၏ ယနေ့ (ဇန်နဝါရီ ၂၁) သတင်းတစ်ပုဒ်တွင် ရေးသားထားသည်။​

Telenor's plan to exit Myanmar looks to be back on track. According to Reuters, Lebanon's M1 Group will reportedly partner with a local Myanmar firm to acquire Telenor Myanmar, fulfilling a condition set by the military junta.

The junta rejected M1 Group's attempt to purchase the unit last year, saying they preferred a local buyer. As a result of the military coup in February 2021, providing services as a telecoms operator in Myanmar has become harder and harder.

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The energy firms Chevron and Total have announced they will withdraw from Myanmar, a breakthrough for activists who have campaigned for the companies to cut off what is a major source of revenue for the military junta.

Der französische Energiekonzern Total Energies und der US-amerikanische Ölmulti Chevron ziehen sich aus Myanmar zurück. Grund für die Entscheidung sei die sich verschlechternde Menschenrechtslage und Rechtsstaatlichkeit seit dem Putsch vom Februar 2021, erklärte Total am Freitag in Paris.

TotalEnergies and Chevron are set to pull out of Myanmar’s main Yadana offshore gasfield, bowing to longstanding pressure from campaigners calling for them to cut off a leading revenue source for the country’s military junta.

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French oil giant TotalEnergies and U.S. energy firm Chevron on Friday announced plans to withdraw from Myanmar, citing the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the Southeast Asian country following last year’s coup.