Thai anti-government protesters blocked the National Assembly compound
On December 28th, a large number of protesters in the Bangkok’s Royal Plaza of Thai capital participated in anti-government rallies. In support of former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s anti-government non-governmental organizations, political anti-authoritarian League for Democracy on the same day, in the field of the Royal Plaza in Bangkok and the National Assembly compound, held the mass rallies demanding the Arab-Israeli Prime Minister Phisit-led government to step down and dissolve the House of Commons.
Thailand to postpone the joint meeting of both houses of Congress
Thailand was scheduled to start on the morning in Bangkok Capitol, a joint meeting between upper and lower houses of parliament to listen to the policy agenda the new government announced with the core of Democratic Party. But from the beginning of the early morning of the day, a large number in support of former Prime Minister Thaksin, Thailand’s anti-authoritarian League for Democracy (anti-CIS) demonstrators surrounded the parliament compound.
Thai army surrounded the thread of Congress so prime minister was forced to postpone the policy report
BEIJING, on Dec. 29th, according to Xinhua Taiwan’s “China Times” it was reported that on 29th Thai officials said Thailand outside the parliament building, thousands of people to protest, forced the government to delay the Arab-Israeli prime minister to issue a policy speechis scheduled to put on 29th for the first time. Sati the minister of prime minister’s office said that when consultations with the protest leaders, the ruling party agreed to put on the Arab-Israeli policy speech to delay the speech.
Kenya’s product oil prices did not fall but up
Xinhua in Nairobi, on Dec 28th (Reporter Wang Danyi) even though international crude oil prices have been all the way down to around 37 U.S. dollars a barrel, the recent Kenya’s domestic market of refined oil price rose slightly. According to Kenya, “The Nation” it was reported on the 28th, due to the shortage of oil supply pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi with and the Kenya National demand for fuel increased, from the beginning of last week, Nairobi, Nakuru and so on many parts’ gas stations are on oil-free sale, which led to the increase in market prices of oil products.
Kenya tourism market is not in the peak season
Christmas and New Year should have been Kenya’s golden season of tourism market, but the current situation left a big headache for the tourism industry, which hotel reservations and the number of visitors remained low. In Kenya, according to media reports, since the riots last year by the end of December of elections, the number of foreign tourists to Kenya dropped, so that the country’s tourism industry suffered heavy losses. Although the tourism sector has adopted a series of measures to deal with, but so far there has not been much change.
The two sides of the Taiwan Straits joint oil companies for overseas oil exploration
For the first time in 14 years, China National Offshore Oil Corporation from mainland and China Petroleum Company from Taiwan joint hands once again, to signed a series of cooperation agreements. Industry experts said that prior to the CNOOC and CNPC had cooperated, but no in-depth development, so this meant that the two sides work together to expand overseas oil exploration in the area which had been an important breakthrough in favor of oil exploration of the sea.
Conventional oil and gas company discovered oil in Uganda
Recently, the traditional oil and gas company in the western of Uganda, Bunyoro region along the Lake Albert also found oil. The company said the exploration of the Buffalo-1 oil well may be the Ukraine’s largest oil field discovered to date. According to the three-dimensional geographic analysis and further exploration and assessment, the region may enjoy substantial oil reserves. Conventional oil and gas companies in the western has other oil exploration blocks.
Yemen National Oil Company began to supply unleaded petrol
Yemen National Oil Company announced on the 27th, since that day across the country, to which they belong to, stations to supply unleaded petrol. Yemen Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Minister Aryani at a seminar on the use of clean energy by the end of October this year in the capital Sanaa, said Yemen was one of the few countries who in the world still used of leaded gasoline.
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