Activist group petitions against extending Chevron concession
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The Thai Energy Reform Watch group Tuesday urged the government to reverse its decision to extend a petroleum concession to US oil giant Chevron.
TER Watch, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Kamolpan Cheewapansri and General Kittisak Ratprasert, Tuesday submitted a petition to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha opposing his Cabinet’s resolution on December 6 to give Chevron 10 more years to explore and produce oil and gas in the B8/32 block in the Gulf of Thailand after its current 20-year concession expires in 2020.
The energy activist group also urged the military-led government to hasten its amendment of two petroleum laws and return PTT’s gas pipelines to the public.
