31 - 40 of 73 results for "oil exploration"

  1. 31. learning | 30 Mar 2012

    Households caught in debt trap

    About economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » 76.2% have difficulty paying for daily needs & 52.7% must borrow, often from loan sharks. Higher oil & goods prices & interest rates a big worry.

  2. 32. learning | 12 Jul 2011

    Exports expected to decline

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Higher oil and labour costs resulting in slower world economic growth will likely reduce exports in 2nd half of year.

  3. 33. learning | 03 May 2011

    Fuel subsidies, low energy efficiency

    About energy

    By Jon Fernquest

    » With diesel fuel subsidized at 18% below market prices, food export revenues are guzzled up by oil imports.

  4. 34. learning | 23 Aug 2011

    Economic growth forecasts down

    About economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Negative Tsunami effect, oil prices and inflation picking up pace, improved automobile, electronic exports and tourism may push growth up at end of year.

  5. 35. business | 28 Mar 2013

    Upcountry pipelines still in limbo

    PETROLEUM

    By Yuthana Praiwan, Newspaper section: Business

    » Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS) has asked the government whether it plans to resume a 6.5-billion-baht oil pipeline project, according to managing director MR Supadis Diskul.

  6. 36. business | 10 May 2013

    Doubts over new palm intervention

    AGRICULTURE

    By Phusadee Arunmas, Newspaper section: Business

    » The government is being urged to speed up crude palm oil exports, which exporters believe would be a more effective tool for raising domestic palm product prices.

  7. 37. learning | 25 Oct 2011

    Floods: Mobile phone shut down?

    About telecommunications

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Mobile service was lost when power was cut at industrial estates in Ayutthaya. In Bangkok extra oil & high-rise switching centers will prevent this from happening.

  8. 38. learning | 28 Mar 2011

    Reduced taxes for electric cars

    About cars

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Electric cars could reduce pollution and reliance on oil. Tax reductions would give people a reason to buy them.

  9. 39. learning | 20 Apr 2011

    Mass transit ridership hits records

    About transportation

    By Jon Fernquest

    » The number of people leaving the car at home and taking BTS, Bangkok's light rail system, has hit all time highs with rising oil prices. Trains have been added.

  10. 40. news | 04 Apr 2013

    Myanmar musclemen flex for glory

    By AFP

    » Sporting just a navy blue thong and several layers of tan oil, Zarli Tin says he dreams of becoming Myanmar's greatest bodybuilder as the discipline undergoes a revival after years in the doldrums.

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