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Udon Thani, Thailand, gas reserves show promise.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2004

By Yuthana Praiwan, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 7--Amerada Hess (Thailand) Co is in the final stages of natural gas exploration at Phu Horm, a survey tract in the northeastern province of Udon Thani, and will likely confirm the presence of hydrocarbon reserves large enough for commercial production, according to a senior official at the Energy Ministry.

The US-based concessionaire is drilling five wells, with preliminary results showing unconfirmed natural gas reserves of 0.6-0.8 trillion cubic feet.

Once the exploration is completed, the larger reserves could be found to be larger than earlier, more conservative, estimates had predicted, said the source.

The Energy Ministry has requested...

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