The National News Bureau of Thailand is reporting that the country’s state-run energy giant, Petroleum Association of Thailand (PTT), has set up a “war room” to deal with the natural gas shortage expected to result from repairs to a natural gas pipeline in Myanmar next week.
In order to deal with energy shortages arising from the pipeline repair, scheduled for April 5 through 14, PTT has stockpiled backup fuel – including diesel and “bunker oil” – to help meet Thailand’s energy needs.
Pailin Chuchottaworn, PTT’s Chief Executive Officer and President, also called on citizens to conserve electricity next week, in order to curtail the possibility of power outages.
He said that a possible long-term solution for Thailand’s power vulnerability would be to build more power generation stations.
