Thailand, China collaborate to construct petrol pipeline in Northeast

 

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BANGKOK, 1 March 2018 (NNT) - Thailand's Ministry of Energy is encouraging the private sector to invest in an expansion of an oil pipeline system in the Northeast, expecting that the project will make oil prices in the region similar to those in Bangkok. 

On Wednesday, Thailand's Minister of Energy Sitthi Chiraphongphan and the first secretary for economy and trade at the Chinese embassy in Thailand witnessed a ceremony to sign a contract for the fuel pipeline expansion project in the Northeast. The contract was signed by Pipeline Network Company--the project’s operator--and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering--the contractor. 

The project will install a 16”petro pipeline and connect it with an existing pipeline of the Thai Petroleum Pipeline Co., Ltd. in Sao Hai district in Sara Buri. The new 342-kilometer pipeline will pass 18 districts in five provinces and end in Ban Phai district in Khon Kaen. Apart from the pipeline, the project will construct a 14 billion liter oil depot worth nine billion baht in the second quarter of this year. The construction is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2021. 

The project is expected to reduce petrol oil transport by truck by 88,000 journeys a year and save fuel for transport by more than 15.4 million liters a year. 

The Chinese government has provided loans for the project and studies on the expansion of petrol pipelines to Vientiane in Laos.

 

-- nnt 2019-03-01

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

petrol pipeline

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50 minutes ago, Chassa said:

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Alliteratively speaking.

1 hour ago, Chassa said:

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Pipelines carry everything from gas to diesel to gasoline to crude oil.

No wonder the Thai baht is high and the Canadian dollar is down.Canada can't get its shit together to build a pipe line from the western oil to the eastern refineries.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

oil pipeline system in the Northeast

In the case of an undesirable election outcome, it only takes one match to fumigate the Shin lovers in the Northeast.

Oh dear - not another load of rude and arrogant Chinese construction workers up here in Isaan, like those building casinos in Cambodia!

Any decent offensive to quickly secure the boundaries of the South China Sea needs a secure fuel supply. Preposition tanks, artillery , and a fuel supply before rushing over Laos and Cambodia to convince Vietnam of the true ownership of the South China Sea.