http://khmerian.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/ http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:36:26 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=679 The flows of oil revenues are quite complex. This note presents the results of two hypothetical simulations — one a progressive production sharing regime and the other regressive – to illustrate qualitatively how they affect the amount and timing of government revenue and investors’ profits. Briefing Notes 7 and 8 [1,2] gave an overview of … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/06/oil-revenue-not-likely-until-2013/ http://khmerian.com/2009/06/oil-revenue-not-likely-until-2013/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:58:46 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=587 COMMERCE ministers from the Mekong region will be warned today at a major conference that countries must  boost trade and transport sector reforms if they hope to boost intraregional trade and reduce reliance on ailing external trade partners. Arjun Thapan, director general of the Southeast Asia department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/06/oil-revenue-not-likely-until-2013/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/06/vietnam%e2%80%99s-petroleum-company-met-sok-an/ http://khmerian.com/2009/06/vietnam%e2%80%99s-petroleum-company-met-sok-an/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:38:06 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=571 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 … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/06/vietnam%e2%80%99s-petroleum-company-met-sok-an/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:42:22 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=541 TA dedicated website, appointment of a former Minister of Finance as the overall coordinator, a petroleum law requiring revenue disclosure, and a decree establishing a multi-stakeholder committee are some of the ways that the countries that have endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) principles are implementing EITI. This briefing note, the second in a … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:53:12 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=420 Twenty-seven countries are at various stages of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One of the earliest implementers, Nigeria, estimates that EITI helped increase petroleum revenues to the government by US$ 1 billion in 2004 and 2005. This note reviews the EITI implementation and related experience of some countries, focusing primarily on actions taken … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:31:14 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=413 Many resource-rich countries have fallen prey to the natural resource curse [1]. But a handful of developing countries have managed to escape it. This note examines four resource-rich countries and the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 1970s. One, Nigeria, is a well-publicized case of oil wealth impoverishing rather than enriching the … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:53:40 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=373 The impending development of off shore oil fields discovered in Cambodia’s territorial waters, and continuing onshore exploration, may herald big changes to the country’s economy. A joint ADB and World Bank Oil and Gas Mission visited Cambodia recently. During their visit the World Bank Newsletter had the opportunity to interview Ms Masami Kojima, Lead Energy … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:31:34 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=366 The announcement of Cambodia’s first significant petroleum discovery in January 2005 has put Cambodia on a path to becoming a new oil producer. The world petroleum industry has a long history and oil has not always benefited people in the countries where it is discovered for reasons not always easy to understand. This is the … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/feed/ 0