Singapore oil firm under scrutiny over alleged links to Myanmar military

A Singapore-based oil company, Interra Resources, is under growing international scrutiny over allegations that its operations in Myanmar may have helped fund the country’s military junta, raising concerns about possible violations of international law.

Interra Resources, which operates in central Myanmar’s Magway Region through a joint venture called Goldpetrol, owns a 60% stake in oil fields located in the state’s Chauk and Yenangyaung townships.

According to Justice For Myanmar (JFM), a rights watchdog group, the company supplied over two million barrels of oil, worth more than US$ 150 million, from these fields to the state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), which is controlled by Myanmar’s military regime.