Gas pipeline in Burma leaks

The Nation
PTT suspends the transmission of natural gas from Burma's Yetagun Field, following the leakage of the pipeline.
Chitrapongse Kwangsukstith, senior executive vice president of PTT, said that the gas field operator Petronas is fixing the problem but there is no definite deadline. Due to the problem, the transmission of 400-500 million cubic feet per day would be stopped.

Thailand receives 1,100 mcfpd of gas from Burma per day, including gas from the Yadana Field.

"PTT has worked out with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to solve the missing supply of fuel for power generating. More bunker oil would be supplied to the power plants," he said. Meanwhile, they would also look into the gas supply contract to see who are to shoulder responsibility for this.

Egat Deputy Governor Apichart Dilogsopon said on Thursday that Egat has been notified of the problem and it has informed the Energy Ministry that there would not be any disruption to power generating.

To replace the gas, more fuel oil would be used in the generating.

He also suggested that due to the problem, PTT should not stop gas transmission during April 11-20, when the major pipeline maintenance is scheduled.