Exploring the safest options
Few years in recent memory have been as eventful as 2008 for the oil and gas industry, which is hardly a stranger to booms and busts.

Primed for the times
Bangchak Petroleum Plc, one of the country's oldest oil refineries, has struggled through a series of obstacles for almost a decade. Its woes range from a slump faced by the oil industry and internal troubles to the financial crisis in 1997.

Trim costs but don’t miss opportunities
Sombat Sarntijaree, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), has advised his subordinates not to be big spenders in the face of the economic threat in 2009.

An opportunity disguised as a threat
While other companies have been spooked by the global outlook and are hanging onto their cash, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH) has moved the other way to grasp the opportunities the crisis may bring.