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Yadana
The Yadana gas field is an offshore gas field in the Andaman Sea. It is located about offshore to the nearest landfall in Myanmar.Yadana means "treasure" in Burmese. The gas field is an important source of revenue for the Myanmar Army. Gas from Yadana is used to generate about 8 percent of the electricity in neighbouring Thailand and around half of all electricity in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. Description The Yadana gas field contains more than 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas and has an expected field life of over 30 years. In 2009, the output averaged . The gas field lies around beneath the seabed in the water depth around . The offshore production complex consist of two remote wellhead platforms, one bridge-linked wellhead platform, a production platform, a living quarters platform, and a medium compression platform. Produced gas is exported through two pipelines. The first is the Yadana Gas Pipeline, a pipeline runs underwater from Yadana to Daminse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadana Gas Pipeline
The Yadana pipeline is a transboundary natural gas pipeline linking Myanmar's Yadana gas field to Thailand. Built from 1995 to 1998 with the support of Thailand through the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, the project was subject to controversy over human rights abuses against minority groups in Myanmar and environmental concerns in Thailand. It supplies about 25 percent of Thailand's natural gas demand. Construction of Thai pipeline Contractor and Building Time In January 1997, the Tasco Mannesmann Joint Venture (TMJV a Thai-German Company Joint Venture), won the pipeline contract which included the procurement, construction and commissioning of the pipeline and related facilities, as well as the design of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Telecommunications system including a Fiber optic cable system. The Yadana Gas Pipeline in Thailand was built in 1997–1998. Design, Detail Engineering and Route selection The Petroleum Authority of Thailand (now PT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
