PUBLISHED: 19 Oct 2024 at 04: 00
After a group of Thai Oil plant companies lacked 20 000 laborers for six months, they were unable to give them, so they filed a petition with the government of Chon Buri.
Yesterday morning, these demonstrators gathered near Bunjit Wittaya School in Sri Racha to march toward the CFP’s office to sign their petition. They represent the 24 subcontracting companies that are part of the Clean Fuel Project ( CFP), owned by Thai Oil Public ( TOP) Co Ltd.
At a meeting place close to the school, Chon Buri government Thawatchai Srithong ordered his lieutenant Chaiyaporn Paepiromrat to meet with the team to get the petition.
The email addresses the governor and the CFP executives, urging immediate action and clarity in the main contractor’s negotiations with the major contractor.
The suppliers finished their work as per legal responsibility in February, but no payments were made in the billions of baht.
More than 100 contracting companies, some of which are continuing their businesses without being paid, have been seriously affected by this circumstance, the letter says. Some of these companies are continuing operations without being paid to avoid legal action against themselves.
Meanwhile, Thai Oil clarified that it has fulfilled its payment obligations to the main contractor UJV-Samsung, Petrofac, and Saipem, which is a joint venture of Samsung E&, A ( Thailand ) Co Ltd, Petrofac South East Asia Pte Ltd and Saipem Singapore Pte Ltd.
The firm claimed that the company is not liable for the suppliers ‘ delayed payments, which are under the joint venture’s control.
Thai Oil stated that it has kept in touch with UJV to resolve the problem and assist the harmed suppliers.
The contractors urged the government to come up with better options.