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Offshore oil auction bidding to start soon
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/12/2025
» Thailand is to invite bids for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Andaman Sea, with cabinet approval expected by the end of this month, according to Energy Ministry permanent secretary Prasert Sinsukprasert.
Oil auction winners to be announced next month
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/11/2025
» Energy officials plan to announce the winners of the country's 25th onshore petroleum auction next month, a move meant to increase reserves and strengthen long-term economic growth.
5 firms compete for oil licences
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/07/2025
» Five Thai and foreign energy firms are vying for licences on new onshore petroleum exploration and production projects, part of the state's latest efforts to boost the economy, says the Department of Mineral Fuels.
Regional oil investment competition heats up
Business, Published on 17/01/2024
» Driven by energy security concerns, Southeast Asia's oil-producing countries are seeking to revive the upstream industry. Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are competing for upstream investments from both local and international companies, according to research by BMI, a Fitch Solutions company. The following is a look at the current state of play:
Tycoon urges EEC investment
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/06/2023
» Businesses and investors from China should not miss the opportunity to invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor, which is set to become the country's high-tech industry hub, said the chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, Dhanin Chearavanont.
Mineral Fuels Department grants exploration licence to Pan Orient
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/04/2021
» The Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) has awarded an on-shore petroleum exploration and production (E&P) licence, spanning three provinces northwest of Bangkok, to Pan Orient Energy (Siam) to increase domestic crude oil production by 119,000 barrels over the next seven years.
Founder of first low-cost airline in Thailand dies
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2021
» Udom Tantiprasongchai, best known for founding the first low-cost airline in Thailand, has died at 66.
Who will stem the travel rout?
Business, Published on 03/09/2020
» With Covid-19 on the rampage and ever more sly as travellers await an elusive silver-bullet vaccine, Asia is on sale. In a trend that began in early 2020, over-leveraged independents and smaller hotel groups are racing to offload debt as hungry property funds sniff around for rock-bottom deals.
Deadly crash, fake pilots expose Pakistan’s broken airline
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/07/2020
» For decades Pakistan International Airlines Corp stood for a resurgent post-colonial nation, flying the flag from New York to Tokyo. Now the airline is struggling to recover from a fatal crash, years of losses, a collapse in global air travel and the stunning revelation that almost a third of the nation’s pilots obtained fake licences.
BBS lands B290bn U-tapao airport bid
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/06/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a bid by the BBS consortium to build the 290-billion-baht Eastern Airport City Project at U-tapao, said deputy government spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek.