Before the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) took power in September 1988, all Myanmar governments had prohibited foreign participation in oil and gas exploration and production. In 1988, the SLORC opened up the opportunity for foreign companies to explore for oil and gas, and its gas production increased from 3.4 bcm to 12.1 bcm in 2010 (BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2011). Myanmar’s current contribution to the region’s gas supply is relatively modest. Its total gas exports of 9.9 bcm in 2007 were less than a third of either Indonesia (33.1 bct) or Malaysia (31.6 bcm). These natural gas exports are currently produced from the offshore Yadana and Yetagun fields in the Gulf of Martaban. Additional production in the Bay of Bengal, including from the prospective Shwe fields, is set to come on stream soon.