Since late last year, the Energy Ministry has been announcing efforts to push forward a plan to promote Thailand as a free-trade hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Egat began to seek LNG suppliers globally to import 1.5 million tonnes in August 2018 and selected Malaysia's Petronas LNG to be the supplier in May 2019. The 130,000 tonnes of LNG is stored at the receiving terminal owned by PTT in Map Ta Phut, Rayong. PTT operates the LNG receiving terminal in Map Ta Phut at a capacity of 11.5 million tonnes a year. By 2021, PTT will have a total LNG capacity of 19 million tonnes.

Source: Bangkok Post February 09, 2020 23:37 UTC