 30-Apr-19, Asia Times 

Amid electricity cuts, parched hydropower dams and millions of dollars of blackout-related economic losses, a bright spot could be emerging on Cambodia’s energy front.

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After nearly two decades of false starts, Cambodia has announced it will begin to extract oil for the first time later this year, representing a potential rich new source of energy and revenue.

Extraction is expected to begin by the end of this year from the so-called "Apsara" oil field, situated in a 5,000 square kilometer area of the Gulf of Thailand known as Block A.

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