Thailand's downstream projects proliferate
Thailand continues to press expansion and modernization of its downstream sector. Among recent developments: Construction of an olefins unit at Thailand's second major petrochemical complex and a worldscale aromatics unit in Thailand is threatened by rising costs. Thailand's National Petrochemical Corp (NPC) let a 9 billion yen contract to Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. and C. Itoh and Co. for a dual fuel cogeneration power plant at its Mab Ta Phud, Rayong province, petrochemical complex. Financing is in place to flash a green light for a $530 million Belgian-Thai joint venture sponsoring a worldscale polyvinyl chloride/vinyl chloride monomer plant in Thailand. Work is more than 50% complete on the $345 million second phase expansion of Thai Oil's Sri Racha refinery in Chon Buri province. Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) endorsed a plan to install two more natural gas processing plants in Thailand to meet rapidly growing domestic demand for petroleum gas.
- OSTI ID:
- 6129005
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 89:22; ISSN 0030-1388
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Thailand natural-gas project moves ahead
Thailand gas project now operational
Related Subjects
03 NATURAL GAS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS
CONSTRUCTION
PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS
THAILAND
ALKENES
AROMATICS
COGENERATION
DUAL-PURPOSE POWER PLANTS
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
PLANNING
ASIA
CHEMICAL PLANTS
DEUS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
FLUIDS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFIED GASES
LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
STEAM GENERATION
020400* - Petroleum- Processing
030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling
Production
& Processing
294002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Petroleum