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Petronas LNG supply in reach
PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) is to secure the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by purchasing a 10% stake in an LNG production resource of Malaysia’s national oil firm, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), for US$500 million (16.7 billion baht).Keep reading ...
Myanmar to receive revenues from China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline
Myanmar will gain financially from the China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline, which began operations in early April after the two countries signed an agreement for the transport of crude oil, said officials. The crude oil transport agreement was signed on April 10 in Beijing during president U ...
Việt Nam announces crude oil reserves plan
Việt Nam must reach crude oil stock levels that are equal to no less than 90 days of net imports following International Energy Agency (IEA)’s criteria by the year 2020.Keep reading ...
Tokyo Gas to ferry LNG to remote islands in Southeast Asia
Tokyo Gas is starting a project to efficiently deliver liquefied natural gas to Southeast Asian nations home to many far-flung islands. In energy-hungry Southeast Asia, a number of plans are underway to construct large LNG receiving terminals in such countries as the Philippines, Indonesia and ...
Singapore’s MOSB to become first foreign oil and gas supply base in Myanmar
Myanmar Offshore Supply Base (MOSB), a Singapore company, on July 11 received the green light from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) to construct an oil and gas supply base in Mon State. It will be the first foreign-run oil and gas supply base in Myanmar. ...
Gov’t: public should be consulted on coal power
The government is currently streamlining its policy for the power sector to ensure the country’s energy security and coal can be one of the options, according to Daw Mi Mi Khaing, director general of Department of Electric Power Planning under the Ministry of Electricity and ...
Costs set to torpedo Krabi power deals
The auction results that awarded three private companies contracts to build a Krabi coal-fired power plant and deep-sea port are expected to be revoked after delays pushed construction costs higher. The Electricity Generating Authority (Egat) may have to open a new bid if the new environmental ...
Oil resumes slide on worries Middle East rift could sap drive to cut output
Oil prices on Tuesday resumed their slide from the previous session, hit by concerns that a political rift between Qatar and several Arab states would undermine an OPEC-led push to tighten the market. Persistent gains in U.S. production also dragged on benchmark crude prices, traders ...
Sumitomo group to build LNG plant in Japan
Sumitomo group members including Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Metal Mining plan to construct a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and a gas-fired power plant in Ehime Prefecture, moving away from coal as they upgrade domestic infrastructure. The project will cost around 60 billion yen to ...
VN should move away from coal power: GGGI
Việt Nam News reporter Ngọc Bích speaks with Dr. Frank Rijsberman, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) — a Seoul-based international organisation — about the potential of renewable energy in Việt Nam and what the country should do to overcome challenges in ...
