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Reopening propels fuel consumption
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/12/2022
» The full reopening of the country from July drove up fuel consumption, which grew by 14% year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2022, the Department of Energy Business reported onWednesday.
Price rise for NGV, no increase for LPG
Online Reporters, Published on 14/12/2022
» The price of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) will rise on Friday, while the cost of LPG for cooking and for vehicles remains frozen for now.
Why the Oil Fuel Fund is overburdened
Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 29/06/2022
» The Energy Ministry an-nounced that the mounting debt of the state Oil Fuel Fund exceeded 100 billion baht as of yesterday. While a recent nudge from Kla Party leader Korn Chatikavanij, a former finance minister, shed more light on pressing issues surrounding energy and resulting in the government requesting cooperation from oil refineries to channel their profits into the fund, no subsidies for the prices of fuel requested from six Thai refiners have been finalised yet.
Refinery contribution for oil fuel fund approved by cabinet
Online Reporters, Published on 21/06/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to seek financial sources from oil refineries to support the Oil Fuel Fund and to offer tax rebates to promote domestic tourism.
Explainer: What does Chadchart Sittipunt want?
Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 25/05/2022
» Following the first election in nine years, Bangkok welcomes 56-year-old Chadchart Sittipunt as its newest governor with a record-breaking landslide victory of 1.4 million votes.
Industry urges longer-term solutions
Business, Published on 04/04/2022
» The government should come up with not only short-term measures, but also medium and long-term plans to cope with the impact of the global oil price surge and the Russia-Ukraine war, according to industrialists in various sectors.
More subsidies coming as oil crisis hits poor
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 17/03/2022
» The government plans to roll out measures including additional subsidies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas for vehicles (NGV) to help alleviate the impact of soaring energy prices on low-income earners.
LPG subsidy extended
Online Reporters, Published on 11/01/2022
» The Energy Policy Administration Committee will extend the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price cap for another two months to relieve people's living costs, Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy, said on Tuesday.
Panel poised to oversee BMTA's rehab
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2020
» The Transport Ministry is poised to seek Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's approval of a plan to appoint 13 people to a committee that will oversee the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA)'s rehabilitation programme.
Virus worries keep regional investors on edge
Business, Published on 25/01/2020
» Recap: Emerging market assets stabilised following a roller-coaster week marked by rising concern about the coronavirus outbreak in China. While the World Health Organization said there was no need to declare a global health emergency, Southeast Asian indices ended lower yesterday.