After more than a decade of waiting, proposals for the Phuket light railway transit system finally seem to be gathering some momentum. The Phuket Provincial Office finalised its list of potential bidders for the project on June 16th 2011. Phuket Vice Governor, Niwit, confirmed that there were ten potential investors, including Thai and foreign firms. […]
Continue ReadingSingapore offshore services firm Ezra has won a contract from U.S. oil giant Chevron in Thailand that could be worth as much as $300 million. The Singapore firm said on Tuesday its offshore construction division EMAS AMC will install a number of wellhead platforms and associated pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand for Chevron for […]
Continue ReadingAn ambitious THB12 billion baht tourism mega project has broken ground on the resort island of Koh Samui. Located above the popular tourist area of Chaweng the development includes a 250 key five star resort and conference center,sports academy and stadium,four star hotel, residential apartments and villas, water park and high-speed gondola. According to the […]
Continue ReadingA doctor who runs a hospital known as Thailand’s cosmetic surgery capital has become the country’s single largest individual investor in solar energy. Riding on a boom in the sector that has investors flocking for a place in the sun, Dr Supot Sumritvanitcha, 62, is developing three solar farms over 404ha. The sites will produce […]
Continue ReadingVietnam News Service reported that Thailand’s STFE Limited Company and Viet Nam’s Khang Thong Group, who have entered into a JV to build an oil refinery in Binh Dinh Province, will do the technical design for it together with another Thai company. They signed a contract for the purpose with PTTES Company recently. The JV, […]
Continue ReadingBTS Skytrain on Friday began its first day of service for the extension from On Nut to Bearing stations to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday on Aug 12. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra presided over the inauguration ceremony to mark the official start of operations for the extension. The route extends the Sukhumvit line, which […]
Continue ReadingThai co-investors in Indian land sought Universal Success Enterprises Ltd (USE), a family-owned Indian company based in Singapore, has set its sights on Thailand’s power plant industry. Chairman Prasoon Mukherjee said the strong Thai economy was boosting electricity demand, prompting USE to look for local joint-venture partners in power plants here. Each plant would generate […]
Continue ReadingThe project is to construct a 750 megawatts (MW) combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant number 4 at the O Mon thermal power complex hence, the name O Mon IV – situated in O Mon district, Can Tho city, about 250 kilometers (km) south of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The project’s objective is […]
Continue ReadingBangchak Petroleum Plc (BCP), the majority state-owned oil refiner, is considering investing 3 billion baht in upgrading its refinery facilities and expanding capacity in order to improve its margin. BCP president Anusorn Sangnimnuan said the company was conducting a feasibility study to expand refinery output by 10% to 110,000 barrels per day and to upgrade […]
Continue ReadingThe new Srisoonthorn Bridge linking Phuket to mainland Thailand and Phang Nga Province is open. To mark the event, Phuket Highways Chief made the first trip across. The new Srisoonthorn Bridge which links Phuket Island to Phang Nga Province and mainland Thailand has finally opened to traffic. The bridge was scheduled to open at the […]
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