The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--A state-affiliated Japanese oil company was Tuesday granted rights by the Cambodian government to survey for oil around Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake.
The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation will conduct a study over 6,500 square kilometers (2,509 miles) of the Tonle Sap basin, located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.
The lake covers about 250,000 hectares (618,000 acres) during the dry season and expands to about 1.25 million hectares (3 million acres) during the rainy season.
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