YANGON. Feb J: The Yetagun pipeline which will complete a network pumping natural gas from off the Myanmar coast to Thailand will be finished by the end of this year, official reports here sdiaJreports AFP.

World on the Yetagun project started late last year and so far 67 kilometres (4 1 miles) of pipeline have been laid on land and 178 kilometres (110 miles) of 208 kilometres (128 miles) have been laid offshore, the weekend reports said.

'The Yetagun field, in the Andaman Sea west-of Myanmar. lies south of the massive Yadana gas field and is esti-mated to hold around 1.100 billion cubic feet (33 billion cubic metres) of gas reserves.

The work of pipeline laying, erection of production drilling rig and arrangements to produce and sell condensate of Yetagun gas project will be ready at the end of 1999. reports official newspapers said at the weekend.

Myanmar's Minister of Energy Brigadier General Lun Thi last week toured construction work being carried out by the main contractor Britain-based Premier Oil Company, reports