The Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) has awarded an on-shore petroleum exploration and production (E&P) licence, spanning three provinces northwest of Bangkok, to Pan Orient Energy (Siam) to increase domestic crude oil production by 119,000 barrels over the next seven years.
The Petroleum Committee allowed the company to carry out E&P at AA area, spanning 1.86 square kilometres in L53/48 block, in Nakhon Pathom, Suphan Buri and Kanchanaburi, said Supalak Parn-anulak, DMF’s spokesman.
He said AA is an additional area granted to Pan Orient, which has already been awarded E&P licences for six on-shore areas, with combined oil production capacity of 3,000 barrels per day (BPD).
Earlier in March, the Petroleum Committee granted a 10-year contract extension to ExxonMobil Thailand to operate at the on-shore Nam Phong gasfield in Khon Kaen, with natural gas supply of 8…
