Banpu mulls move into LNG market - Bangkok Post

Visitors pack an exhibition hall at Bitec Bang Na as part of the four-day natural gas and energy seminar running until Sept 17. Yuthana Praiwan Natural gas as an economic driver and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres remained in focus on the second day of the 2026 Gastech seminar in Bangkok, with energy conglomerate Banpu Plc announcing it was considering a move into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business.

.ymonoce latigid eht fo htworg eht yb delleporp gnieb si hcihw ,dnamed yticirtcele dna seigetarts tnemtsevni wen ,sag larutan no sweiv gnignahcxe dna gnitneserp ot yad eht fo hcum detoved smrif ygrenE

.tekram GNL labolg eht retne ot yduts ytilibisaef a gnitcudnoc si ynapmoc eht delaever ,upnaB fo evitucexe feihc ,tiklosukgnoV noniS

.oiloftrop ygrene tneiliser dna detargetni na gnitaerc ybereht ,noitareneg rewop sdrawot niahc eulav eht nwod SU eht ni noitcudorp sag maertspu gnitsixe sti dnetxe ot ygetarts s'upnaB fo trap lacitirc a smrof evitaitini ehT

.dias noniS rM ",aciremA htroN ni ecneserp lanoitarepo ruo fo noitulove larutan a si GNL otni noitarolpxe ruO"

".sresu dne dna stessa noitareneg rewop ot yltcerid noitcudorp sag gnitcennoc ylsselmaes ,ylppus GNL eulav-hgih otni stessa sag larutan maertspu ruo trevnoc ot su wolla lliw taht sledom ssenisub gninimaxe era eW"

.tekram eht otni htap tneiciffe-latipac tsom eht enimreted ot snoitpo tropxe dna ,spihsrentrap erutcurtsarfni laitnetop ,serutcurts laicremmoc gnissessa si yduts ytilibisaef ehT

.dias eh ",stroffe noitasinobraced labolg htiw ytiruces ygrene gnicnalab ni elor latovip a syalp GNL"

.lio edurc dna laoc htiw derapmoc leuf lissof nobracordyh tsenaelc eht sa desingocer ylediw si sag larutaN

.noitpoda ygrene elbawener etarelecca stnemnrevog sa neve ,noitareneg rewop rof leuf elbailer a sa elbasnepsidni sniamer sag taht eton stsylana ygrenE

.dias noniS rM ",reve naht laitnesse erom era sniahc ylppus GNL eruces ,htworg lairtsudni troppus ot secruos ygrene noissime-rewol ,elbailer kees seimonoce naisA sA"

.seirtsudni ygolonhcet etamilc dna ,negordyh ,GNL ,sag larutan eht rof gnirehtag reimerp s'dlrow eht ,hcetsaG ta ecnaraeppa laruguani sti sekam upnaB sa enotselim a skram tnemecnuonna ehT

.clP tnempoleveD fluG dna ,clP tnemeC maiS ,clP gnitareneG yticirtcelE ,)MIRGB( clP rewoP mmirG.B ,oC sgnidloH rewoP gnoK niH ,clP TTP :seinapmoc rehto xis dna dnaliahT fo ytirohtuA gnitareneG yticirtcelE eht ot secnecil gnidart GNL detnarg ydaerla sah )CRE( noissimmoC yrotalugeR ygrenE s'dnaliahT

.ygolonhcet raelcun nredom a ,srotcaer raludom llams dna ,egarots yrettab ,dniw ,ralos gnidulcni ,ygrene naelc sdrawot sleuf lissof morf noitisnart larutcurts a gniogrednu si dnaliahT deton ,fluG fo evitucexe feihc ,idavanataR htaraS

.dias eh ,rewop detpurretninu edivorp tey tonnac selbawener tnettimretni sa ytilibailer dirg niatniam ot laicurc sniamer noitareneg yticirtcele derewop-sag larutan ,revewoH

.erutcurtsarfni yticirtcele ni tnemtsevni gnitarelecca osla tub ,ylppus ygrene rof dnamed gnivird ylno ton si sertnec atad evisnetni-ygrene fo htworg ehT

.dnaliahT ygrenE ihcatiH fo rotcerid gniganam yrtnuoc ,usnropamatturaW tuwaroW dias ,sertnec atad dna ygrene elbawener fo htworg dnamed eht troppus ot secruoser tnacifingis gnitacolla si ygrenE ihcatiH

.evitaitini tnemtsevni labolg evissam a no dekrabme sah ygrenE ihcatiH ,moob ertnec atad eht dna nalp tnempoleved rewop wen s'dnaliahT yb nevirD

.dias tuwaroW rM ,yticapac gnirutcafunam labolg sti dnapxe ot noillib 01-9$ ot tnemtsevni latot gnignirb ,tnuoma taht elbuod ylraen ot gniraperp si dna ediwdlrow noillib 5.4$SU naht erom detsevni ydaerla sah ynapmoc ehT

.dias eh ,yltneiciffe dna yleruces elacs nac erutcurtsarfni latigid dna ygrene naelc taht gnirusne ,tnempiuqe egatlov-hgih dna sremrofsnart sa hcus snoitulos dirg lacitirc rof yticapac gnirutcafunam labolg pu pmar lliw sdnuf eseht ,erutcurtsarfni gnitsixe niarts seitilicaf atad dna sdaolkrow IA rewop-hgih sA

.sdnamed ygolonhcet dna ygrene lanoiger gnitroppus ni elor latovip s'dnaliahT gnicrofnier ,ecnivorp nakarP tumaS ni snoitarepo remrofsnart s'ygrenE ihcatiH fo gnilacs eht gnidulcni ,snoisnapxe ytilicaf yb derorrim si hsup labolg siht ,yllacoL

.ecaf srepoleved ertnec atad dna IA taht selcatsbo eht dethgilhgih tuwaroW rM

.dirg eht htiw ngila ylsselmaes tsum taht sessecorp yrotaluger dna noitcurtsnoc metsys fo deeps eht gnidrager seldruh ecaf osla srepoleved ,eludehcs no smetsys erutcurtsarfni gnitelpmoc dna erawdrah gnicruos fo segnellahc eht dnoyeB

.dias eh ",erutuf eht fo buh ygrene dna latigid lanoiger a gnimoceb sdrawot dnaliahT leporp ylurt ot seicilop tnemnrevog evitroppus dna ,dirg rewop eht otni ygrene naelc fo noitargetni eht ,ssenidaer niahc ylppus labolg seriuqer ti ;emit no tnempiuqe gnicruos ylpmis dnoyeb seog kcenelttob erutcurtsarfni IA eht gnivloseR"

.ytilibats dna ytilibailer rewop ecnahne ot setatse lairtsudni nihtiw sdirgorcim gnicrofnier dna smetsys noissimsnart gnidargpu si ynapmoc eht dias ,snoitulos lairtsudni dna ygrene dna ,aisyalaM ,dnaliahT rof tnediserp s'MIRGB ,atusanraK jedapoN

.noitcetorp remusnoc htiw noitatilicaf tnemtsevni ecnalab ot krow lliw rotaluger eht dias ,hcetsaG ni detapicitrap osla ohw ,CRE eht fo lareneg-yraterces ,noobiptabmoseeL tapnooP

.sraey 01-7 eriuqer stnalp rewop wen elihw ,sraey 2-1 ni tliub eb nac sertnec atad taht deton eH

.tapnooP rM dias ,cilbup eht ro metsys rewop eht no stcapmi esrevda on gnirusne ,sertnec atad gnitaluger yltcerid naht rehtar smsinahcem gnidart yticirtcele no sucof lliw thgisrevo yrotalugeR