A number of rights groups and NGOs have expressed concern over a failure by the US and France to not sanction the Myanmar regime and block revenue from gas extraction.

American oil giant Chevron, and French oil giant Total, are part of a consortium of companies operating the Yadana gas field in Burma. Before the surge in global gas prices in the past year, the project was estimated to earn the military around $400 million dollars annually.

According to Burma Campaign UK, Chevron and Total are too embarrassed to reveal exactly how much the project is earning the military now.