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Gas supply on an upward trajectory

PTTEP to double output from Erawan field by next April, helping keep power bills in check

A petroleum production platform in the Erawan field in the Gulf of Thailand. (Photo supplied)

Thailand’s domestic gas supply has increased as production from the Erawan gas block in the Gulf of Thailand has risen to 400 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) from 210 MMSCFD earlier this year, according to the Department of Mineral Fuels.

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP), which operates the block, plans to increase production to 600 MMSCFD in December, then raise it again to 800 MMSCFD in April 2024, said Sarawut Kaewtathip, the department’s director-general.

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