Chips need current as AI pushes Thailand, Southeast Asia toward small reactors

AsiaElec - Asia Power
By Tom Aris in Bangkok 29 September 2026
Bangkok has included two SMRs, with combined capacity of 600MW towards the end of its draft Power Development Plan 2026, marking a significant shift for a country that has discussed nuclear power for decades without building a commercial reactor.

Morocco puts African Atlantic Gas Pipeline into UN financing pitch as Q4 FID target looms

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 28 September 2026
Morocco is pushing the $25bn African Atlantic Gas Pipeline into multilateral and private financing channels as construction funding remains unresolved and a Q4 2026 FID target approaches.

Gas-tastrophe! Global energy chiefs drill for more while their own seeps away

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
AsiaElec - Asia Power
AsianOil - Asia Oil & Gas
DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
Energo - CEE/FSU Power
EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas
FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
GLNG - Global LNG
LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By Tom Aris in Bangkok 28 September 2026
The global gas industry is spending billions of dollars drilling new fields, constructing LNG terminals and securing supply routes while allowing huge quantities of the commodity it already produces to leak, vent or burn into the atmosphere.

Southeast Asia ramps up LNG import capacity

AsianOil - Asia Oil & Gas
GLNG - Global LNG
By Newsbase analysts 27 September 2026
Southeast Asia is leaning into LNG use despite the risk of external shocks a new report revealed.
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