Northeast Thailand Products Pipeline
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Northeast Thailand Oil Pipeline is an operating oil products pipeline in Thailand, with a proposed extension to Laos that is presumed to be cancelled.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Sao Hai District, Saraburi Province, Thailand, to Ban Phai District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. In Saraburi, the pipeline connects to the Si Racha-Saraburi Oil Pipeline.[2]
The proposed extension would run from Ban Phai District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand to Vientiane, Laos.[3][4]
Project Details
Main Line
- Operator: Thai Pipeline Network Co (TPN)[5]
- Owner: Thai Pipeline Network Co (TPN)[5]
- Parent company: EGCO (44.6%); Power Solution Technologies PCL (55.4%)[6]
- Capacity: 5.443 billion liters per year[1][7]
- Length: 342 kilometers[1][7]
- Diameter: 16 inches[8]
- Status: Operating[9][10]
- Start year: 2023[9][10][11]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated Infrastructure: Si Racha-Saraburi Oil Pipeline
Laos Extension
- Operator: Thai Pipeline Network Co (TPN)[5]
- Owner: Thai Pipeline Network Co (TPN)[5]
- Parent: EGCO (44.6%); Power Solution Technologies PCL (55.4%)[6]
- Capacity:
- Length: 180 kilometers[8]
- Diameter: 14 inches[8]
- Status: Cancelled
- Start year:
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
In February 2019 Thai Pipeline Network Company Limited (TPN) a subsidiary of TPP, signed a contract with Chinese Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPP) for the development of an oil products pipeline in northeast Thailand.[12]
The pipeline commended operations in August 2023. [9][10]
The pipeline carries gasoline and diesel.[13]
Environmental Impact
In February 2020 residents of Khon Kaen’s Ban Phai district expressed concern that elevating land to build the pipeline will increase the severity of flooding in the district.[14] Environmental advocates and business leaders also complained that public hearings for the project had not been well publicized and that the project was proceeding without appropriate scrutiny.[14]
Laos Extension
As part of the contract signed with CPP in February 2019, TPN was exploring an extension of the pipeline from Ban Phai District to Vientiane, Laos.[4] In February 2020, TPN signed a memorandum of collaboration on Thai-Lao Oil Pipeline with China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited, Eneco Dynamic Public Company and Sitthi Logistic Lao Compamy Limited.[15] The extension has not been publicly referenced since the 2020 MOU, and as such it is presumed to be cancelled.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 EGCO Group Goes Beyond Power Generation with New Investment in “Oil Pipeline Extension to Northeastern Region” Project, EGCO, Sep. 25, 2019
- ↑ "EGCO Group Successfully Achieves Financial Agreements for "Extension of Petroleum Pipeline System in Northeastern Project"". EGCO Group. Sep 21, 2020. Retrieved Mar 10, 2022.
- ↑ "New oil pipeline in northern Thailand may worsen flooding". China Dialogue. Feb 10, 2020. Retrieved Mar 10, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 TPN ลงนามจ้าง CPP จากจีน 9,000 ล้านบาท สร้างท่อน้ำมันภาคอีสาน เล็งเชื่อมต่อถึงสปป.ลาว, Energy News Center, Feb. 27, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "TPN pipeline extension to include Laos". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "EGCO-PSTC JV Signs the ฿7.3Bn Loan Agreement for Construction of Petroleum Pipeline". www.kaohoon.com. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bangkok Post Public Company Limited. "PSTC set to return to profit as new pipeline goes online". https://www.bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
{{cite news}}: External link in|work= - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Pipeline Projects in Thailand | PDF | Environmental Impact Assessment | Pipeline Transport". www.scribd.com. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Times, Global. "First refined oil project in northeast Thailand built by Chinese company enters operation - Global Times". www.globaltimes.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 杨洋. "Thailand poised to reap big gains from CNPC project". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ↑ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Egco opens oil pipeline in bid to cut carbon emissions". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ↑ (เพิ่มเติม) "ไทย ไปป์ไลน์ฯ"จับมือ"ไชน่า ปิโตรเลียม ไปป์ไลน์"ขยายท่อส่งน้ำมันภาคอีสานกว่า 9 พันลบ.เล็งต่อไปถึงลาว, RYT9, Feb. 27, 2019
- ↑ "PIPELINE SYSTEM - TPN". tpnthai.com. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 New Oil Pipeline In Northern Thailand May Worsen Flooding, Thailand Construction News, Feb. 13, 2020
- ↑ "History". Thai Pipeline Network (TPN).
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