Demand PTT: Stop Bankrolling the Myanmar Military

Mr. Auttapol Rerkpiboon, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTT

Demand PTT stop bankrolling the Myanmar military.

As Myanmar’s generals seek revenues to prop up their military regime, there’s one source of money they can count on: natural gas projects backed by foreign investors, such as PTT, formerly the Petroleum Authority of Thailand.

PTT is the largest Thai corporate investor in Burma (Myanmar). The Thai oil company is the majority owner and operator of the Yadana gas field and pipeline. PTT has the power to hold back from the junta any contractual payments for the Myanmar government and instead put them in escrow.

In May 2026, Campaign for a New Myanmar and Blood Money Campaign filed a formal complaint with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission urging an investigation into the transboundary human rights impacts of Thai oil and gas companies operating in Myanmar.

The people of Myanmar have mobilized against the military coup through a campaign of civil disobedience, boycotts of military-owned companies, and pressure on foreign companies to stop supporting the Junta. Now, more than ever, let's pressure PTT until it stops bankrolling the Myanmar military.

For more information:

"Rights groups call for Investigation into Thai companies funding Myanmar junta," Mizzima, 29 May 2026

"Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Taking Over Myanmar Gas Field as Others Exit," Reuters, 26 January 2022

"How Oil and Gas Majors Bankroll the Myanmar Military Regime," Justice For Myanmar, 8 February 2021

PETITION BY

To: Mr. Auttapol Rerkpiboon, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTT
From: [Your Name]

I demand that PTT cut immediately all commercial ties to Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and stop bankrolling the Myanmar military.

As Myanmar’s generals look for revenues to prop up their new dictatorship following the February 1 coup, there’s one source of money they can count on: natural gas projects backed by foreign investors such as PTT.

Myanmar earns close to US$1 billion a year from natural gas sales.

Much of this money is not paid directly from oil companies to the government. It flows through Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), a state-owned enterprise with deep links to the military’s business empire. Alarmingly, the recent military coup places MOGE and the rest of the government under direct military control.

PTT is the largest Tahi corporate investor in Burma (Myanmar). In partnership with the Burmese government-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), PTT owns the Yadana gas field and pipeline that generates billions of dollars for the Burmese government.

The people of Myanmar have mobilised against dictatorship through a national campaign of civil disobedience and boycotts against military-owned products. Even MOGE's own staff are publicly protesting. We must back up the peoples of Myanmar in their struggle against the Myanmar military dictators.

It is time for PTT to side with the peoples of Myanmar and stop bankrolling the Myanmar military.