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UBE drives up cassava productivity
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/03/2024
» Ubon Bio Ethanol (UBE), a SET-listed ethanol producer, is increasing productivity at its cassava plantations in Ubon Ratchathani after harvests plunged, resulting in a loss of 96 million baht last year.
Fuel subsidies may exhaust oil fund
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/02/2024
» New measures to better support and manage the Oil Fuel Fund are needed amid growing concerns oil and gas subsidies from the fund will drain it empty, says the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
Diesel exports halted during maintenance
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/01/2024
» The Department of Energy Business has ordered oil traders to suspend diesel exports while Thai Oil Plc repairs its crude distillation unit in Chon Buri province.
Prima Marine upbeat on Q4 revenue
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/12/2023
» SET-listed Prima Marine, a provider of marine transport and crude oil and petroleum product storage, predicts a positive outlook in the fourth quarter as demand picks up from the oil and gas industry and tourism activities.
Ministry to probe gasohol shortage
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/11/2023
» The Energy Ministry vows to act against oil retailers illegally stockpiling the fuel following complaints about oil being sold out at petrol stations after a state policy to cut the prices of gasohol 91 and gasohol 95.
Retail LPG to remain at same price
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 31/08/2023
» The retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is expected to be maintained at 25.87 baht per kilogramme, or 432 baht per standard 15-kg cylinder, for another month, according to the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
EPG revenue set to grow by 10% on overseas orders
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/06/2023
» Eastern Polymer Group Plc (EPG), a Thai plastic moulder, expects revenue to grow by 10% to more than 13.3 billion baht in fiscal 2023-24, thanks to higher purchase orders from abroad.
BCPG allots B39bn in capital spending
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/03/2023
» BCPG Plc, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, plans to allocate 39 billion baht in capital spending to fund its domestic and overseas businesses and asset acquisitions, including those affected by ongoing banking problems in the US and Switzerland.
SMPC expects LPG cylinder sales to reach 8m in 2022
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 01/09/2022
» SET-listed Sahamitr Pressure Container (SMPC), the world's largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder producer by capacity, expects sales to hit a new high of 8 million units this year, thanks to higher demand as the pandemic eases.
Call for more state promotion of ethanol
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/07/2022
» The Tapioca Ethanol Association is urging energy policymakers to promote more use of cassava-based ethanol in order to help motorists cope with high fuel bills, which have been driven up by the global oil price surge.