Thailand

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April 15, 2024
The Nong Yao-13 well was drilled to 5,399 ft measured depth and discovered just over 30 ft of new oil pay across several intervals. Additionally, two wells were drilled north of the Wassana oil field to identify sufficient oil volumes in this northern area of the block to justify a future development project.
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March 21, 2024
PTTEP has ramped up its G1/61 Project’s sales volume to 800 MMcfd as planned. The increased natural gas delivery will help minimize the impact of electricity prices and enhance national energy security. 
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January 14, 2024
The study will lay a foundation for potential development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand (EEC).
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December 26, 2023
The company has drilled four wells at the Nong Yao A wellhead processing platform, including three production-oriented development wells and one appraisal well.  The development wells have encountered targets in line with pre-drill expectations and have been brought online as producers. 
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December 11, 2023
Valeura Energy Inc., the upstream oil and gas company with assets in the Gulf of Thailand and the Thrace Basin of Turkey, has announced the re-start of oil production at the Wassana field, offshore Gulf of Thailand.
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August 15, 2023
State-controlled PTT Exploration & Production Pcl plans to double gas production at Erawan, its biggest field, to 800 MMcfd in early 2024, said Chief Executive Officer Montri Rawanchaikul. Output at Bongkok, its second largest, will be raised by about 10% next year, he said.
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March 16, 2023
The navy will focus on helping the crew in plugging a leak that’s led to water seeping into the hull of the ship, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri in a statement Thursday. They will also take steps to prevent oil spill as the crude carrier is carrying 400,000 bbls of crude oil.
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February 01, 2021
BP will sell a stake in an Omani gas block to Thailand’s national energy firm for $2.6 billion, part of a push to divest billions of dollars of assets and focus more on renewable energy.
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December 21, 2020
Weir Oil & Gas Dubai signed a five-year $70 million contract with Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production, a subsidiary of state-owned energy conglomerate PTT, to supply and install 1,800 sets of wellheads and trees in the Gulf of Thailand.
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August 29, 2019
Thailand’s state-controlled oil and gas company PTT is looking to resource-rich countries in the Middle East to help meet the country’s growing energy demand.
Article
August 2018
Danos has been awarded a contract by Shell Exploration and Production Company to provide coatings for Shell’s deepwater Appomattox platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
News
June 22, 2018
Shell has announced that its affiliates, Shell Integrated Gas Thailand Pte Ltd. and Thai Energy Company Ltd., have completed the sale of their 22.2222% interest in Bongkot field and adjoining acreage offshore Thailand.
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May 04, 2018
Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production Pcl is ready to shell out as much as $1 billion on an overseas petroleum asset this year, and possibly more, as it tries to prop up growth amid falling reserves.
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January 31, 2018
Shell Integrated Gas Thailand Pte Ltd. and Thai Energy Company Ltd., affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, have agreed to an asset sale of their 22.2222% interest in Bongkot field and adjoining acreage offshore Thailand to PTT Exploration & Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) and PTTEP International Limited.
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September 2017
As exploration efforts go into deeper, hotter and more remote offshore basins, the need for more advanced downhole drilling and logging tools is palpable. Accordingly, a new LWD toolstring that provides real-time downhole data, while withstanding 410°F temperatures, has been developed and tested in the harsh Gulf of Thailand.
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May 18, 2017
Ophir Energy has announced that a Final Investment Decision has been taken to commence the fourth phase of development at Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand.
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April 25, 2017
Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by South Korean OCEANUS Co. Ltd. to provide specialist floatover services for an LNG regasification platform topside offshore Bahrain.
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April 06, 2017
Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the completion of the Shelf Drilling Krathong jackup drilling rig and its delivery to Shelf Drilling Ltd., on schedule and within budget.
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March 24, 2017
Thailand has a message for embattled global LNG sellers: It’s going on a shopping spree.
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March 20, 2017
The Asian energy companies sitting on the largest hoard of cash outside China are ready to put it to use.
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