Thailand

Jan. 9, 2006
Adani Port Infrastructure Ltd. Gujarat, part of India's diversified industrial group Adani Group, sought exploration licenses for two onshore blocks in Thailand.

By an OGJ correspondent

HOUSTON, Jan. 9 -- Adani Port Infrastructure Ltd. Gujarat, part of India's diversified industrial group Adani Group, sought exploration licenses for two onshore blocks in Thailand.

The tracts are L25/48, which covers 3,962 sq km in the central plains, and the 3,975 sq km block L39/48 in the northeast, said the Department of Mineral Fuels.

The areas are uncontested. The Indian firm became the latest among 11 international firms which submitted applications in Thailand's 19th bidding round.

A total of 15 exploration blocks including eight onshore and seven offshore blocks in the Gulf of Thailand, are sought (OGJ Online, Aug. 22 and Oct. 24, 2005).