Cambodia stops oil production but retains promising undersea rights

Territorial talks with neighboring Thailand could hold the key to future exports

20210719 Hun Sen abd Apsara Cambodia Block A

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has tried to turn his country into ASEAN's eighth oil producer, so far with little success. (Source photos by AP and screenshot from KrisEnergy's YouTube page)

TORU TAKAHASHI, Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Headquarters for Asia

BANGKOK -- Cambodia saw its dream of becoming the eighth oil producer among the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations fizzle out in less than six months.

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