Thailand’s upstream natural gas sector is struggling to reverse falling output due to bad planning and policy from the government, coupled with a seeming lack of innovation at PTT Exploration & Production (BKK:PTTEP), a state-backed company, that is taking increasing control of the country’s gas resources.
China’s announcement at the United Nations General Assembly that it will no longer build any new coal-fired power plants abroad accelerates the energy transition in Asia’s emerging markets but also raises challenges, according to a new analysis by the IHS Markit Global Power and Renewables service.
Industry sources have told Energy Voice that liquidators for financially crippled Asia-focused upstream player KrisEnergy are accepting non-binding offers for the Singapore-based company’s assets.
Financially crippled Asia-focused upstream player KrisEnergy has finally admitted defeat and filed a winding-up petition to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. In response, state-backed Keppel Corporation, the largest shareholder in the Singapore-listed company, appears intent on seizing KrisEnergy’s remaining assets in Asia.
Singapore’s KrisEnergy, which is on the verge of collapse, has received a disappointing performance update on its Apsara oil field offshore Cambodia. The field was the financially crippled Singapore-listed company’s last hope to prevent it from going bust.
Singapore’s KrisEnergy is on the verge of collapse and eagle-eyed investors, seeking assets at bargain prices, are preparing to pick over the company’s carcass. However, given KrisEnergy’s recent dismal performance in Cambodia, there is not much left of interest.
Singapore-listed KrisEnergy, which appears to be on the verge of collapse, has received a requisition notice from two shareholders requesting an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), over concerns about the restructuring of the troubled upstream player.
Singapore-listed KrisEnergy – widely seen as a zombie company - is finally on the verge of collapse after production from its Apsara oilfield offshore Cambodia failed to meet expectations. Significantly, it should come as no surprise that the frontier basin disappointed.
Sinapore-based KrisEnergy has made a final investment decision on the Apsara oil field, Cambodia’s first hydrocarbon development project.
KrisEnergy's plans for Cambodia's first oil development might not open the floodgates to more upstream investment in the South-East Asian nation, according to an analyst.
KrisEnergy will develop Cambodia’s first oil field development after signing agreements with the South-East Asian nation.