"Revenues from the oil and gas industry are the largest source of vital foreign exchange available to the military; they were forecasted to be USD 1.5 billion in 2021-2022. Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise collects these payments. The military has taken possession over MOGE and its bank accounts, meaning that the military will take control over the USD 1.5 billion. This money will be used to purchase weapons that can be used to continue their brutal operations against the people of Myanmar. For this reason, civil society and the National Unity Government have called for sanctions on MOGE so that oil and gas companies put payments into a protected account. They have not asked for natural gas production to stop. However, companies such as Total have stated that if they stop paying MOGE, they will be forced to stop gas production, which will have humanitarian impacts..."