First gas from the Arthit (Sun) project in the Gulf of Thailand was delayed from the contractual delivery date in 2007 and the terms of PTT's purchase deal allow it to take a deficient quantity at 75% of the price applicable when the shortfall occurred.
PTT notified the operator in early December about its contractual quantity but the project is still not yet on stream and it was therefore unable to deliver the nominated amount.
However,
