In this first annual ranking of Asia's outstanding publicly listed companies, energy and natural-resource producers rule the roost
With the specter of $60-to-$70 oil hovering over energy-hungry Asia, a mad scramble is under way by regional oil and gas companies to lock up resources overseas and ramp up refinery capacity at home. That's why in Thailand, where oil imports are fast approaching 10% of the economy's gross domestic product, the country's most critical figure right now -- outside of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- is probably Prasert Bunsumpun. The unassuming civil engineer is president of PTT PLC, a $15.7 billion state-controlled energy giant that is enjoying windfall profits at home thanks to inspired management and spiraling gas and diesel fuel prices
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