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I am rather surprised to hear the need for coal fired power plants due to all the natural gas discoveries Thailand is sitting on..

Maybe I do not have the big picture but some of my Expat friends who work in oil and gas exploration, say Thailand has one of the largest known gas deposits in the whole area..

Just seems piping gas via gas lines would be easier than trucks with coal and the infrastructure that is needed to supply said coal to the plants....

Unless the pipelines would have to cross in areas where the religion of peace can blow them up... Then I can understand coal might be the way to go..

Actually believe its Indonesia and Burma which are sitting on the largest reserves and as stated, I am led to believe there is only 10-15 gas left offshore in the Gulf and the land based production doesnt produce that much any way

Ask yourself this question, if Thailand is so abundent with natural gas, why are they importing from Burma, ie Yetagun and a couple of other fields, if they are self sufficient in gas why import, bearing in mind natural gas production has been on the go in Thailand for over 50 years..

Like I said in the original post.. I am going by what a friend of mine said who works in the field.. I saw him this week and asked him how his job was going.. He has worked off shore for 6 years and presently sees no end in sight. He made the comment about all the discoveries... So that is my only reference to supply and demand..

My electricity goes out about once every week for a couple of hours... sometimes longer sometimes shorter.. I wish them well in whatever direction they go so the electricity is supplied and more consistent without the outages... Coal and mercury pollution has been a problem for many countries... Let us hope the new scrubbers for the plants live up to the billing... At least someone is thinking about the future energy needs of the country... right or wrong..

I am rather surprised to hear the need for coal fired power plants due to all the natural gas discoveries Thailand is sitting on..

Maybe I do not have the big picture but some of my Expat friends who work in oil and gas exploration, say Thailand has one of the largest known gas deposits in the whole area..

Just seems piping gas via gas lines would be easier than trucks with coal and the infrastructure that is needed to supply said coal to the plants....

Unless the pipelines would have to cross in areas where the religion of peace can blow them up... Then I can understand coal might be the way to go..

I would say part of the Exodus in that area are all the earthquakes ... We were planning on going to Chang Mai this month but my wife really did not want to go because of the threat of something falling on her head ! However if you check some of the hot spots around the country there really are allot of properties for sale..