BAFS to build 1.2 billion baht oil pipeline linking Saraburi and Ang Thong

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Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS) is set to construct a new 52-kilometre oil pipeline connecting Saraburi to Ang Thong, in a bid to enhance its trade in the northern region. The project, which is estimated to cost 1.2 billion baht, will facilitate oil transportation from the east to the north. BAFS is currently in discussions with Thai Petroleum Pipeline Co regarding the project.

 

Thai Petroleum Pipeline, whose largest shareholder is PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc, operates an oil pipeline network linking refineries in the eastern region. BAFS’s oil storage in the Laksi area of northern Bangkok utilises this network to serve planes at Don Mueang Airport. The company’s subsidiary, Fuel Pipeline Transportation, operates an oil pipeline connecting Bangchak Corporation Plc’s oil refinery in Ayutthaya’s Bang Pa-in district to the northern province of Lampang.

 

The Ayutthaya-Lampang pipeline commenced operations in 2019 and provided full service in 2021, with an oil-carrying capacity of 2.45 billion litres per year. However, only 20% of the total capacity, approximately 410 million litres, was utilised in 2022, according to Fuel Pipeline Transportation.

 

by Alex Morgan

Photo courtesy of BAFS Group, Facebook

 

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[Srikcir]

Construction design completed, granted permission to build the underground pipelines. Yet, waiting for authorities to approve the Environmental Impact Assessment report?

This reverse review process appears typical of mega- infrastructure projects built during PM Prayut's regime. 

[grandpa]

Wow!  It will take billions of BAFS (Blue-Arsed Flies) years to do that! ????????

[jcmj]

Why was only 20% used is my big question? Maybe to many people profit more from the import and export rather than using it for the locals to cut costs down. Something doesn’t seem right.