No approval granted for Kampot oil refinery, says Cambodian energy ministry


Kampot provincial governor Mao Thonin meeting with representatives of the Guanzun Energy Investment Company on April 5. - Kampot administration

PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued a clarification refuting reports by some media outlets that Guanzun Energy Investment plans to invest in a US$3.5 billion oil refinery project in Kampot province.

The April 30 notification was in response to widespread local reporting that the Chinese company intended to establish a refinery with the capacity of processing 10 million tonnes of oil per year on approximately 234 hectares of land in Kampot province.

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