The latest anti-coal protest in southern Thailand’s Nakhon si Thammarat Province has put further pressure on the country’s coal-fueled energy industry, which will reportedly build a power plant in Burma where it hopes to find a more receptive environment. On Thursday, 10,000 residents of Tha Sala District in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province formed a “human […]
Continue ReadingThe Stop Global Warming Association has called for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to review the planned construction of a 50km Super Skywalk system, a clutter-free elevated walking space, saying it is way over-priced. The budgeted cost per kilometre was five times the cost of a similar walkway project elsewhere in the city, the association said […]
Continue ReadingBy Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison CONCERN is growing both inside and outside Airports of Thailand over delays to the commencement of the 5.7 billion baht expansion plan for Phuket International Airport. Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha said today that he had been told construction would begin on the expansion in August. However, the tendering process […]
Continue ReadingMove comes as Korn takes another step to balance the 2016 budget Another piece has been placed in the jigsaw to help the government achieve a balanced budget in 2016, with Cabinet’s approval yesterday for the Finance Ministry to divest its stakes in over 60 non-listed private companies – including Boon Rawd Brewery and Bangkok […]
Continue ReadingBy The Nation The Cabinet today approved the financial measure to promote the Thai construction industry’s overseas investment, with the Bt1 billion budget to reduce costs related to bank guarantees. Watchara Kannikar, deputy government spokesman, said the Export and Import Bank of Thailand is assigned to work with the Budget Bureau for the implementation. “(In […]
Continue ReadingEOC Limited has secured a sizeable pipelay and platform installation contract from new clients – Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Limited, Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd and Chevron Pattani, Ltd – which are subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. The scope of work under the contract includes the installation of […]
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Bangkok pedestrians are bound to enjoy greater convenience and increased safety, as Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has vowed to spend Bt15billion on creating the Super Skywalk System or the 50km of clutterfree elevated walkspace. The construction is scheduled for completion within four years. “It will make Bangkok residents move around more conveniently in crowded areas,” […]
Continue ReadingMarubeni Corp., a Japanese trading company, and Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group are in talks about building a coal-fired power station in Vietnam, a Marubeni spokesman Yo Nomura said. He declined to comment on a Nikkei newspaper report today that said the station will cost $2 billion dollars and will be the nation’s biggest with […]
Continue ReadingSiemens Thailand Receives Two Major Orders Siemens Energy has been awarded contracts from Thailand for a total of 16 SGT-800 industrial gas turbines for combined cycle cogeneration plant under Thailand´s Small Power Producer program. For the end customer Gulf JP, an independent power producer headquartered in Bangkok, Siemens will supply via EPC contractor Toyo Engineering […]
Continue ReadingSeadrill secures new contract for tender rig in Thailand Seadrill has agreed a new three-year contract with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production offshore Thailand for the tender rig T12 with a two- year option period. Estimated contract value is approximately US$132 million, and commencement of the assignment is scheduled for the second quarter this year, in […]
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