Although Myanmar is among the world’s oldest oil-producing countries, Chinese oil and gas companies did not start their oil and gas exploration projects there until recently. Though Myanmar is not a major energy supplier to China, Chinese NOCs and government have demonstrated increasing interest in this country’s energy resources in recent years. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have all started oil exploration projects there, and competed with other countries including India and South Korea to secure access to new gas fields and potential reserves of gas off the west coast.1 In November 2008, CNPC and the Ministry of Energy Myanmar signed an agreement to build a USD 2.3 billion crude oil pipeline and USD 2 billion natural gas pipeline, and the construction started in October 2009.