Chevron and Thailand at loggerheads over gas field transfer

US energy giant opposes retroactive law requiring it to pay $2bn in shutdown costs

Gas field Gulf of Thailand

A natural gas production facility in the Gulf of Thailand. With Chevron and Thailand at an impasse over who will pay project decommissioning costs, Chevron restarted arbitration on Oct. 3.

DAMON EVANS, Contributing writer

DENPASAR, Indonesia -- U.S. energy producer Chevron has restarted arbitration with Thailand following the breakdown of negotiations over decommissioning costs at one of the country's biggest gas fields, in a dispute that risks severe disruption to the country's energy production.

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