Shwe Gas Project (Myanmar)

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Shwe Gas Project is an operating gas project in Myanmar.


The project consists of the following units:

  • Mya Oil and Gas Field (Myanmar)
  • Shwe Multi-Field Integrated Development Project
  • Shwe Phyu Oil and Gas Field (Myanmar)

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Shwe Gas Project

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Shwe operating[1][2] POSCO Daewoo International[3] Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise [15%]; Korea Gas Corp [8%]; ONGC Videsh Ltd [17%]; GAIL (India) Ltd [8%]; POSCO DAEWOO Corp [51%][4][4][4][4][4] 2004[5] – 2013[3] conventional[1][2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Shwe Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas recoverable 127426.5 million m³ 2010 ​[6][4]
gas Remaining recoverable reserves 60989.15 million m³ 2023 ​[2]

Location

Table 3: Project-level location details for Shwe Gas Project

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
blocks A-1 and A-3[3] offshore, Myanmar[7][8] offshore[9] 19.36, 92.55 (exact)[7][8]

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129094625/https://ejatlas.org/conflict/shwe-gas-field-and-pipeline. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230529033525/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/oil-gas-field-profile-shwe-complex-conventional-gas-field-myanmar/. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221219085111/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/shwe-natural-gas-project/. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515022609/http://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/shwe-gas-project/. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://worldmap.harvard.edu/data/geonode:giant_oil_gas_fields_of_the_world_vbj. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221005115632/http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Oilwatch/BurmaImpactOilGas.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 05 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://downloads.climatetrace.org/sector_packages/fossil_fuel_operations.zip. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Data4Good, Eclaircies, Reclaim Finance and LINGO (2025-10-28). "Carbon Bombs Data Download". Carbon Bombs. Archived from the original on 2025-10-28. Retrieved 2025-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)