(EnergyAsia, June 17, Thursday) — The Oxford Princeton Programme will be holding a one-day workshop on the ‘Overview of the Petroleum Industry’ in Singapore on October 13. Participants will learn about the oil supply chain starting with exploration and production to downstream trading, marketing and retailing. The basics of petroleum refining, transportation, refined product marketing (more…)
of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015, generating well over $20 billion in revenues, said NanoMarkets, a US-based consulant. In a study, the company said this “extraordinary” growth rate is due in part to the rapid deployment of photovoltaics of all kinds to low cost, flexibility and manufacturing advantages associated with TFPV compared with the now...
solutions to the international energy industries, recently opened its new training centre in Sakhalin to be operated by its technical training business, PKT. Among the 150 guests welcomed by the centre general director, Malcolm Young were Alexander Kislicin, vice-governor of Sakhalin region and Evgeniy Safonof, head of Sakhalin’s department of education The Sakhalin Technical Training...
tariff-setting to ensure that power firms have the incentive to invest and upgrade their plants, an industry association said. The Asean Power Utilities/Authorities (Hapua) group said government restrictions on electricity rates were harming the financial strength of power utilities and deterring them from investing in much-needed new capacities. ASEAN stands for the 10-member Association of...
industry, now one of the world’s largest. The country is home to several leading manufacturers of photovoltaic cells, mostly for the export markets. While China has national standards in place for solar water-heating, it has yet to set standards for solar-power generation. Officials said they are aiming to put in place standards governing solar energy components...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — The ‘China Power Oil and Gas’ conference will be held in Guangzhou city, China from September 2 to 4. Jointly organised by PennWell Corporation and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME), the conference aims to bring together power, oil and gas (more…)
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) plans to join its parent, PTT Plc, in developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The 30-billion-baht receiving terminal at Map Ta Phut is expected start up at the end of 2011 with an annual capacity of five million tonnes. (US$1=33 baht). So far, PTT...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — The Sri Lankan government has threatened to nationalise Indian Oil’s 160 local fuel depots in a dispute over diesel retail prices. Bowing to populist pressures as world oil prices continue to rise, the government has demanded that Indian Oil reduce its diesel prices at the pump. IndianOil now sells its...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — Indonesia has announced it plans to raise the price of its natural gas exports under existing contracts with buyers in China, South Korea and Malaysia. The prices were set at relatively low levels under long-term contracts years ago before the energy markets came to life. In recent years, natural gas...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — The incremental expansion at Reliance Industries’ new refinery in India will help boost the world supply of gasoline and diesel by about 1%. The export-oriented 29-million-tonne per year refinery in Jamnagar in Gujarat state is equipped to process heavy and sour crudes to produce the quality fuels needed in faraway...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — Canadian energy firm Enbridge is accelerating plans for a crude oil pipeline that would transport Alberta’s heavy oil to British Columbia, from where it would be shipped by super-tankers to markets in Asia. Enbridge is looking at Asia as an attractive option to export the oilsands which are heavy and...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — Japanese firms Teikoku Oil Co. and Nippon Oil Corp are expected to take part in exploring for natural gas in a contested area in the East China Sea after China and Japan recently reached a breakthrough agreement to pursue joint development. The new framework for co-operation hammered out last month...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — Inflation should be the top concern of policymakers confronted by higher food and fuel prices, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8). At their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan, he said: “When you worry about high oil...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — China’s Canadian Solar Inc said it has signed five new sales agreements in Italy and the Czech Republic in recent weeks. The total volume of shipments for 2008 for the new agreements with WSW in the Czech Republic, and Arco Energy, AC Service, Ravano Green Power and Albatec of Italy...
(EnergyAsia, July 16, Wednesday) — Australia’s leading science agency CSIRO said retail gasoline prices could reach A$8 a litre within a decade from around A$1.60 now on dwindling world oil production and soaring consumption. (US$1=A$1.03). CSRIO’s report, “Fuel for thought – The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities”, addresses two key issues on the...
(EnergyAsia, July 15, Tuesday) — Surging food and fuel prices are having an acute impact on import-dependent poor and middle-income countries struggling with balance of payments problems, inflation and worsening poverty, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a new study analysing the macroeconomic policy challenges arising from the price surges, the IMF said many...
Aboitiz Group, have acquired the Ambuklao and Binga hydropower plants in the Philippines. The US$325 million acquisition marks the second successful transaction for the partners in the Philippines, and positions SN Aboitiz Power as a major renewable energy player in the country. The 75 MW Ambuklao and 100 MW Binga plants, located in Benguet Province...
Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, an integrated metals and mining company, raised its 14.9% stake to 19.9% by paying A$20 a share for more than 10.6 million shares while South Korean steel company POSCO bought more than 20.2 million shares for a 10% stake also at a cost of A$20 a share. (US$1=A$1.03). ArcelorMittal bought the shares from...
Kolkata-based Damodar Valley Corp (DVC). Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the ministry will help Damodar Valley Corp (DVC) deploy renewable energy systems and devices at its workplaces, power plants and other establishments to conserve energy and use environmentally friendly and sustainable renewable energy sources. Both measures will also help reduce carbon emissions. The ministry...
industry, said it has won a 99-year power supply contract in Cambodia worth US$475 million. This is the group’s fourth contract since its venture into Cambodia’s energy sector in 2005. Under the contract, the group will supply power to the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), a flagship project undertaken by private investors which forms...
East Kalimantan, for a five well drilling campaign. The company will deploy its Rig 8 at an increased rate for the $2.8 million contract. Apexindo president Hertriono Kartowisastro said: “The increased activity in land drilling business in Indonesia (has positively impacted) Apexindo as the high level of land rig demand directly affects dayrates. Even though...
turmoil on the world financial markets, said the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). More than $148 billion in new funding entered the sustainable energy sector globally in 2007, a 60% increase from 2006, said a report prepared by UK-based New Energy Finance for UNEP’s Paris-based Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative. “The clean energy industry is maturing and...
in project finance to Russia-based Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd for the Sakhalin II (Phase 2) project off Sakhalin Island in Russia. The loan is co-financed with a syndicate of commercial banks, which will be providing a total of up to US$1.6 billion. Sakhalin Energy, in which Mitsui & Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Corporation, Gazprom and...
(EnergyAsia, July 15, Tuesday) — Singapore-listed DMX Technologies Group Limited, an information technology enabler and digital media provider, said its subsidiary, BEE Mediasoft Limited, has secured a contract with Keppel FELS Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, to develop the world’s first offshore Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) entertainment system. The deal...
(EnergyAsia, July 15, Tuesday) — Indian NGO Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE) has been named ‘Energy Champion’ at the recent UK-based Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy ceremony, which was presided over by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. TIDE was awarded a prize of £40,000. Six other international schemes were awarded £20,000 each by the UK-based Ashden...