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Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar as its security forces carry out air strikes against opponents of the army-led administration. Calls to cut off jet fuel supplies gained attention after several major oil and gas companies, including Total and Chevron,…
By Elaine Kurtenbach / AP Business Writer BANGKOK Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar as its security forces carry out air strikes against opponents of the army-led administration. Calls to cut off jet fuel supplies gained attention after several major oil…
Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar, as its security forces carry out airstrikes against opponents of the army-led administration.
Calls to cut off jet fuel supplies gained attention after several major oil and gas companies, including Total and Chevron, said they would withdraw from ventures in the country, potentially reducing flows of hard currency to the military.
While Myanmar still produces oil and gas in partnerships with Thai, Japanese, Chinese and South Korean companies, it has no large-scale modern refineries, and imports all its aviation fuel for civilian and military use.
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