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Rising Asian demand boosts ethanol exports
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/07/2012
» Rising demand in Asia is expected to drive up Thailand's ethanol exports by 111% to 300 million litres this year, from 142 million litres in 2011.
PTT eyes Europe for acquisitions
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/07/2012
» PTT Plc, the national oil conglomerate, is looking to pick up energy assets in Europe whose prices have become depressed by the regional debt crisis.
A fertile imagination
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/07/2012
» Assoc Prof Kanjana Chansa-ngavej of the Microbiology Department of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Veterinary Science is happy and proud to have discovered something that could change soybean and rice planting forever.
Linde Gas airs B14bn sales outlook
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/06/2012
» Linde Gas (Thailand) Co, formerly Thai Industrial Gases (TIG), expects its sales to double to 14 billion baht by 2015 on strong demand in several sectors.
Slick operator
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/06/2012
» After searching for an appropriate microorganism and enzyme to treat oil spills for a decade, Hi-Grimm Environmental and Research Co has found the outcome was worth the perseverance.
Revving up research
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/06/2012
» Ratchatapong Boonwatsakul, 36, is the only Thai scientist on a 120-strong research-and-development (R&D) team working for the world's top oil and gas producer, Royal Dutch Shell.
High prices stir green push
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/05/2012
» The rising prices of oil, gas and electricity have prompted several businesses to apply for energy-saving initiatives.
Pttep launches enthusiastic bid for london energy corp
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 26/02/2012
» Thailand's sole oil and gas explorer, PTT Exploration and Production Plc offered 1.19 billion for London-based Cove Energy Plc, outbidding Royal-Dutch Shell Plc's earlier tender, said PTTEP president and chief executive officer Anon Sirisaengtaksin.
Clean Slate
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/02/2012
» Eaw Sanitwaja is hoping for a quick reversal of the recent business setbacks caused by last year's floods. Her community is counting on sales of its Luffala natural spa soap to rebound to normal levels of 600,000 baht a momnth after being halved following the floods.
Shell shells out B1bn for pump project
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/02/2012
» Shell plans to spend more than 1 billion baht this year on pump expansion and a facelift for its existing stations in a move to recapture the No.2 oil retail ranking next year.