(EnergyAsia, August 23) — Thailand’s oil and gas consumption for the first half of 2005 rose 5.4% to 1,184,800 barrels/day from year ago levels, said an official with state oil and gas company PTT Public Company Limited.   Pongpayak Sathienpakiranakorn, vice president of PTT’s public relations department, said that the data excluded feedstock for petrochemicals…