Crude oil is what we extract out of the ground; refined products (such as gasoline and diesel) are what we consume. As of end-2007, there were 657 refineries around the world with a combined crude processing capacity of 85 million barrels per day (bpd). This briefing note provides technical background information on the characteristics of [...]
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Refining Crude Oil – Part 1
August 10th, 2009 
Cambodia Economy 
Posted in Oil and gas 
Tags: Oil and gas, oil price, petroleum drilling, petroleum industry 
No Comments »Contracts for Petroleum Development – Part 2
July 2nd, 2009 Cambodia Economy 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 [...]
Posted in Oil and gas Tags: gas price, Oil and gas, oil drilling, Oil management, oil price, petroleum industry No Comments »Oil Revenue Not Likely Until 2013
June 19th, 2009 Cambodia Economy 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 [...]
