Tag: Petroleum
Cambodia calls for talks with Thailand on disputed oil and gas zone
Phnom Penh – Cambodia called Tuesday for the newly elected Thai government to resume talks on resolving claims to a 27,000 square-kilometre stretch of seabed [Read More…]
Yingluck Shinawatra defends petrol price cut policy
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has defended the sharp cut in petrol and diesel prices amid worries over the effect on gasohol sales and production. [Read More…]
Thailand petrol, diesel prices slashed from today
Prices at the pump in Thailand will tumble by as much as eight baht a litre today after the government gave the green light for [Read More…]
Drillers strike it rich off Thailand
Pearl Oil found petroleum in G6/50 field; Chevron (Thailand) discovered it in G7/50; and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) made its find in the G8/50 [Read More…]
Australian Oil Company Begins Drilling in Phichit
An Australian company has begun an oil drilling operation in Phichit province where they expect to find deposits containing approximately 16.6 million barrels of crude [Read More…]
One dead, five hurt in Thailand’s restive South
A bomb injured five policemen in Songkhla and a janitor was shot dead in an ambush in Pattani on Tuesday morning. Five policemen were injured [Read More…]
Thai Couple gets maximum term over cash fraud
The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 1,562 years in prison for embezzling Bt2.1 million through the use of electronic cash cards issued [Read More…]
Thailand Fights Addiction to Plastic Bags
BANGKOK, June 28, 2010 (IPS) – Buy a hairpin and the sales clerk has a microscopic plastic bag for it. A soda purchase from a [Read More…]