Sunday, August 07, 2011

Thailand, Cambodia Restart Talks on Overlapping Natural Gas Claims

Saturday, 06 August 2011
By. Joao Peixe, Deputy Editor OilPrice.com

While international attention has largely focused on China’s disputes with its neighbors the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei over the offshore riches of the contested Spratly islands, other energy maritime disputes are roiling Southeastern Asian waters.

The Thai government is preparing to revive talks with Cambodia on overlapping petroleum claims in the Gulf of Thailand, which have been deadlocked since 2006. Thailand and Cambodia share an area in the Gulf of Thailand that encompasses more than 10,000 square miles in the “Overlapping Claims Area,” or (OCA), The Bangkok Post reported.

Thailand and Cambodia are also in dispute over a land frontier surrounding the location of the boundary on the precipice surmounted by Preah Vihear temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia by an International Court of Justice decision in 1962 and part of a planned UN World Heritage site.


The OCA is thought to contain up to 11 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

In 2001 Cambodia and Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding on a proposed joint development of the southern portion of the OCA, with the northern portion eventually to be divided by a defined maritime border. Phnom Penh and Bangkok had nearly reached agreement on the overlapping OCA claims before the 2006 coup that toppled the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Three years later Thailand unilaterally cancelled the agreement to protest Thaksin's appointment as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government.



8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thailand would have let Cambodia kept all of this oil if Cambodia just competed in Miss.Universe and designed beautiful innovative national costumes and have a showdown between Thailand to win Best National Costume at Miss.Universe!!

But no Khmer people had to be so lame by not competing and allowing a national costume design contest which let the Khmer community artists draw costumes for Cambodia for the contest!!But instead Cambodia chose to keep creating the same style of clothes over and over! Why does Khmer people have to be so insecure!!!

Michael Kheng said...

To avoid other people to expose more about Pang Sokhoeun's affair, he has agreed with my suggestion not allow other people outside to comment like before. From now, only friends in his list can comment in his wall.

Anonymous said...

What should KI Media do,if some
KI Media viruses disturbed their
fans?
I want to support KI Media,but
KI Media administrators do not
me.So,I am leaving them with regret.

lookgood said...

hey MICHEAL KENG, U R A REASONABLE GUY, but u hung around with these old cult person like PANG SOKHEOUN, it made u look like PANG SOKHEOUN OWN your asses bitch..so next time if u choose to critize me, allow me to tell my side too, not just listen to your master crew up brain PANG SOKHEOUN...let get dwon n debate pro n con, not just your pro people!!!!now we clearly knew how cheap both u r..start attacking an innocence girl that have nothing to do with both of u..now it is not too late to be a real man, n debate with me!!!!i'll tell your mother to clean your mouth with your own poos next time....

MICHEAL KENG said...

i'm so sorry bok som for getting your girl freind involve in this discussion..i knew now i'm a little cheap for picking on an innocence girl..from now on i won't do that anymore cos if i did is like picking on my own mother..for pang sokueoun he is a nice guy but he have so many negative people around him.. he should appologize to bok som for attacking him..i think bok som will forgive him for that...

MICHEAL KENG said...

let me express my appology toward bok som ,n his girl friend..i knew i was little out of my mind for attacking his girl freind..it was a cheap shot of me, now i would like to ask bok som for his forgivness...thanks bok som for being so nice to me all the times, but my own stupitity that didn't relize that..

Anonymous said...

Hi Everyone,

One of KI-Media member who has his name in Facebook as Khmer Sovannaphumi but his real name is Pang Sokheoun, former political asylum and now living in Sweden. He always copies news from here to post in his facebook profile to promote himself, but right now, he tries to removed and blocked anyone who dares to reveal his con activity particular he tries to hide what he has cheated his wife (Sreypov Chea) by having a girlfriend (Sokunthear Som) behind his wife back. Now, his girlfriend had ran way from him after she knew his cheating.

A con man Pang Sokhoeun as well as KI-Media like to insult to the government officers who have affairs, but himself does even worse than other people. What a shame!

Anonymous said...

Khmer Thai dispute or families' affairs.!!!