The onshore oil fields distribute over 23 million cubic feet of gas daily for use in CNG passenger buses, said Tin Maung Oo, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

The information was disclosed during a press conference on the clarification of the ministry's activities in the third year of the government's term held in Nay Pyi Taw on May 9.

He said 28,299 motor vehicles across Myanmar had been converted into CNG ones.

The ministry sells gas around the clock by opening 46 CNG stations—41 in Yangon Region, two in Mandalay Region, two in Yaynangyaung Township and one in Chauk Township.

Now, new Kwang Shin-brand machinery from Korea has been installed at the CNG station in Paleik town of Mandalay Region.

Within the third year of the government's term, Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise produced 3.32 million barrels crude oil and over 623,000 million cubic feet of natural gas from 86 onshore and offshore oil and gas fields, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

During the same period, 40 new onshore fields were dug—23 by Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise and 17 by companies—producing 2.31 million barrels of crude oil and 19,019 million cubic feet of gas.

Moreover, international companies dug 46 new offshore fields producing 1.2 million barrels of condensate and 604,818 million cubic feet of gas.