Seven of these fields are in the Northeast while two are in the central region, covering a total area of 33,944 square kilometres, the department’s director-general Warakorn Brahmopala said on Thursday.
The finding of new petroleum sources in Thailand would help meet increasing domestic demand and reduce the reliance on natural gas imports, he said.
He added that the department has also urged PTT Exploration and Production, operator of the G1/61 project (Erawan, Platong, Satun and Funan fields) to increase the production capacity of natural gas to 800 million cubic feet per day within April to cope with increasing usage.
Thailand currently has 34 active petroleum exploration projects in 47 fields. 14 projects in 16 fields are terrestrial while 20 projects in 31 fields are in the Gulf of Thailand.
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