Khmer News in Cambodia

Petroleum contracts are long and complex. Production sharing agreements, the type of contracts being signed in Cambodia, are no exception. However, they are important to the country’s future economic and development options and hence it would be helpful if the public had a basic understanding of how these contracts work and, in particular, how government [...]

In virtually every country around the world, petroleum resources in the ground are considered the property of the state. Whether and how the country’s petroleum resources are developed, and how much revenue will flow to the government, depend on the nature of contracts signed between the government and the investor. This briefing note, the first [...]

On Monday, a delegation from Vietnam’s state-owned petroleum company Vietnam Oil met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Council of Ministers to make discussion over oil exploration in Cambodia soil.
According to the hand-written statement by the council, Dinh La Thang, president of Vietnam Oil company, led a delegation that met Sok An to express [...]