PTT Public Company Limited or simply PTT ( th, บริษัท ปตท. จำกัด (มหาชน)) is a Thai
state-owned
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SET
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Electro ...
-listed
oil
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and
gas
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company. Formerly known as the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, it owns extensive submarine gas
pipelines in the
Gulf of Thailand
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, a network of
LPG terminals throughout the kingdom, and it is involved in
electricity generation
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,
petrochemical products,
oil and gas exploration and production, and
gasoline
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retailing businesses. The company also owns
Café Amazon, a popular coffee chain throughout South East Asia, which shops are often located next to PTT gas stations or inside malls.
Affiliated companies include
PTT Exploration and Production
PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited ( th, บริษัท ปตท. สำรวจและผลิตปิโตรเลียม จำกัด (มหาชน)), also known as PTTEP, is a national petroleum explora ...
,
PTT Global Chemical, PTT Asia Pacific Mining,
and
PTT Green Energy
PTT may refer to:
Chemistry and medicine
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.
History
PTT is the largest corporation in the country and also the only company from Thailand listed in
Fortune Global 500 companies. The company ranks 81st among top 500 on the
Fortune 500
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, and 180 on the Forbes 2000. PTT was founded in 1978 (as Petroleum Authority of Thailand) as a state-owned enterprise, under
Prime Minister General Kriangsak Chomanan's government. It was formed by a coupling between Thai Fuel Organization (Thai: องค์การเชื้อเพลิง) under Defense Energy Department and Thai Natural Gas Organization (Thai: องค์การก๊าซธรรมชาติแห่งประเทศไทย) under
Ministry of Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce.
Notable examples are:
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Financials
For 2016 PTT PCL reported revenues of 1,737,148 million baht, net income of 94,609 million baht, assets of 2,232,331 million baht, and total equity of 762,948 million baht.
PTT's 15 directors were compensated with 14.9 million baht in meeting allowances in 2016, plus 38.7 million baht in bonuses. The president and CEO's salary for the year was 30.6 million baht plus a 9.6 million baht bonus.
The company in 2016 employed 4,616 (PTT)
and 24,680 at subsidiaries.
Total compensation for PTT employees in 2016, excluding top management, was 9,651 million baht.
Operations
In 2012, PTT purchased the remaining 55 percent of
Sakari Resources, a
Singapore
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an coal mine operator.
In 2012, PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) took over
Cove Energy plc, which owned an 8.5 percent share in a huge natural-gas field offshore
Mozambique
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The company operates 58 retail stations in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
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* hil, Republ ...
and plans to add an additional 15-20 petrol stations in
Luzon
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and the
Visayas
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, in
Cebu Province
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.
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PTT Public Company Limited and
Pertamina,
Indonesia
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's state-owned oil company, partnered to build a new
petrochemical
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complex in
Indonesia
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for an estimated cost of US$4–5 billion.
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Vencorex
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joint venture
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between PTT Global Chemical and the
Perstorp Group
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, created in 2012, based in
France
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's
Rhône-Alpes
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region. It is the owner of technology and a major manufacturer of
isocyanates
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, particularly toluene diisocyanate (TDI), hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI, IPDI) and its derivatives.
Oil spills
The
2009 Montara oil spill, 250 km off Australia's northwestern coast led to "Thousands of barrels of oil gushed into the ocean over a 10-week period following a blowout at PTTEP Australasia's West Atlas rig in the
Timor Sea
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The sea contains a number of reefs, ...
".
The Australian unit of PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) "admitted to four charges" in the 2009 spill.
The
2013 Rayong oil spill started on the night of 28 July 2013. An oil leak (from a pipeline) 35 kilometers from
Ko Samet
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's
Ao Phrao Beach, resulted in the beach being closed and its tourists evacuated after
spillage
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reached the beach.
The crude oil spill had occurred 20 km off Thailand's mainland, "when a floating hose transferring oil from a tanker to a PTT refinery pipeline broke sending 50,000 litres of oil spewing into the coastal waters".
On 7 August 2013 media said that the
Department of Special Investigation
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had seized an oil supply line, suspected of being faulty.
Green energy
In November 1993 former
Prime Minister of Thailand
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Anand Panyarachun
Anand Panyarachun ( th, อานันท์ ปันยารชุน, , ; born 9 August 1932) was Thailand's Prime Minister twice: once in 1991–1992 and again during the latter half of 1992. He was effective in initiating economic and p ...
established the Thailand Business Council for
Sustainable Development
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. In 2010, PTT President and CEO
Prasert Bunsumpun announced that PTT would expand into producing more
renewable energy
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.
PTT has many subsidiaries, including PTTGC, TOP, BCP, and PTTEP, all of which are working towards producing more environmentally friendly energy. In 2014,
Bangchak Petroleum completed its Sunny Bangchak project, a 38-
megawatt
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silicon
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photovoltaic
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power plant
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Many pow ...
, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia. In September 2014,
Thai Oil Public Company Limited
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** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
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(TOP), another PTT subsidiary, was recognized as a leader in business sustainability by the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Thai Oil (TOP) has proven to be an environmentally friendly company, with no reported violations of environmental laws.
The company also produces and distributes
ethanol
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from
sugarcane
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through various channels like Maesod Clean Energy, Sapthip, and Ubon Bio Ethanol. In August 2014, PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) along with Diary Home and
NatureWorks
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, announced their eco-friendly Ingeo
bioplastics
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yoghurt cup. PTTGC seeks to become a major player in bio-based chemicals.
Rolls-Royce bribery case
In an action by the
US Department of Justice
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(DOJ) against aircraft engine-maker Rolls-Royce, the DOJ claimed that Rolls-Royce had paid more than US$11 million in commissions to win a deal with
Thai Airways
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, trading as THAI (, th, บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand. Formed in 1961, the airline has its corporate h ...
, aware that some of the funds would be used to bribe officials at PTT and its subsidiary, PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP). The payments were made from 2003-2013 and related to contracts for equipment and after-market products and services. Admitting its guilt, Rolls-Royce paid US$170 million to settle the case.
PTT vowed to investigate. Subsequently, PTT Chairman and CEO Tevin Vongvanich said that the company was unable to find anyone who "allegedly took bribes".
See also
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References
External links
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