September 24, 2014 | Malaysia
Hyundai Engineering has been awarded a $730 million EPC contract for coal-fired thermal power plants, being developed by a consortium of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MBD) and Mitsui of Japan, and Jimah East Power. Under the...
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Metso has been selected to provide its flow control technology for the Petronas Gas Company’s gas processing plant modernisation project in Terengganu, Kerteh, Malaysia. The project involves the replacement of existing equipment...
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Petronas has awarded 13 major contracts and three letters of award (LoAs) to local and international contractors under the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) project in Johor. The total contracts awarded included five...
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Royal Dutch Shell has announced a gas discovery at the deep-water Marjoram-1 well in Malaysia. The well is located 180 km off the Malaysia coast in Block SK318. Earlier this year, Shell announced the Rosmari-1 gas discovery in...
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Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) started oil production from the Banang field three months ahead of schedule. The field is a part of the Kapal, Banang, and Meranti (KBM) group of marginal fields awarded to a consortium of...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2014 | Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR)
Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company has achieved financial closure for the 290 MW hydropower project. The $900 million project will be funded by several financial institutions like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bank of...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2014 | Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR)
The World Bank and the Lao government have signed an agreement to finance $40 million for the small enterprise, mining, and hydropower sectors. Of the total amount, $17.8 million will be in the form of additional finance to...
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The gate installation work has begun on the 1,285 MW Xayaburi hydroelectric plant on the Lower Mekong river. The Xayaburi dam will be 40 metres high and 800 metres across, with no reservoirs. The steel structures include three...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2014 | Indonesia
Indonesia-based CDMA wireless service provider Telekom PT Smartfren (Smartfren) has earmarked an investment of up to IDR 10 trillion for a 4G network roll-out. Smartfren will also be shifting its subscribers from the 1900 MHz...
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State-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom Indonesia) is planning to expand its international operations, venturing into markets such as the Middle East and Saudi Arabia in particular. The company is looking to partner with...
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State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II has secured IDR 1.5 trillion ($128.3 million) in loans from Bank Internasional Indonesia to finance the revamp of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport; that will triple the...
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Indonesia’s PT Angkasa Pura I (API) has stated its plans to construct a new terminal at Surabaya airport. The new passenger terminal will be a 300,000 square metre complex and will be developed in two phases. Further, API plans...
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National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will use avtur, a type of aviation turbine fuel, with biofuel to help reduce carbon emissions. Starting in 2016, the airline will use approximately 1.8 billion litres per year of avtur...
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Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation has won a contract to add two geothermal generation units at a power station in Indonesia for Pertamina Geothermal Energy. Sumitomo, along with Indonesia’s Rekayasa Industri, will be in charge of...
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BP Plc has received the requisite approval from the Indonesian environment authorities to move forward with its Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) project expansion. The approval was granted after the Ministry of Environment...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2014 | Cambodia
The Willowbrook Company, a renewable energy developer, is planning to secure funds for the development of the Reah solar power plant situated in Cambodia. The total installed capacity of the project will be 250 MW, involving an...
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The Tatay River Hydropower Plant has become partially operational. It is the sixth such facility built by China in the country. Located in Koh Kong province of south-western Cambodia, the plant involved a construction period of...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2014 | Brunei
The Brunei government has announced that the country’s National Broadband Policy aims to connect at least 80 per cent of households with broadband service by 2017. The rate of broadband use in the Sultanate is growing...
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The Authority for Infocommunications Technology Industry (AITI) of Brunei Darussalam and Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) have jointly issued a statement that beginning January 2015, telecom subscribers in both...
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