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Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Pcl has won bids for two onshore petroleum blocks in Myanmar, Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthanphan said on Wednesday. “We won two, that’s for sure,” Pichai told reporters, adding that the blocks were close to the capital, Naypyitaw. Pichai returned to Thailand late on Tuesday after accompanying Prime Minister Yingluck […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar opened a new international airport in its capital Naypyitaw Monday, with regional leaders the first to use the new facility that will handle up to 65,000 flights per year. Naypyitaw International Airport will be Myanmar’s third international facility after Mandalay and the commercial capital Yangon. The airport was developed by Burmese construction company Asia […]
Continue ReadingTHE government last week admitted that Yangon’s infrastructure was outdated and not up to the challenge of housing its six to seven million residents, let alone the 10 million forecast to live there in coming years. The frank assessment was delivered by the Minister of Industry, U Soe Thein, at a meeting with the press […]
Continue ReadingTHE government last week admitted that Yangon’s infrastructure was outdated and not up to the challenge of housing its six to seven million residents, let alone the 10 million forecast to live there in coming years. The frank assessment was delivered by the Minister of Industry, U Soe Thein, at a meeting with the press […]
Continue ReadingIndustry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]
Continue ReadingIndustry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]
Continue ReadingTHE Department of Electric Power under the Ministry of Electric Power 2 and Thailand’s Gunkul Engineering Public Co signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a 1000-megawatt (MW) wind power project on November 2. The signing ceremony was attended by the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Electric Power No 1 and 2, […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said it planned to spend 12 billion baht ($390 million) next year on continuing investments and new ventures, including power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei project. The country’s largest private power producer signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Pcl to build coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 4,000 […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said it planned to spend 12 billion baht ($390 million) next year on continuing investments and new ventures, including power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei project. The country’s largest private power producer signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Pcl to build coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 4,000 […]
Continue ReadingLaos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design to placate neighboring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam initiated in April to ease concerns that it would harm rice production and fish catches downstream, said […]
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