The first project to develop an FSRU will be led by national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc.
Mr Narongchai said the project was aimed at securing Myanmar gas supplies to Thailand, especially when supplies were disrupted.
The plan also aims to reduce gas quality disruption, as the gas-fired plant in Ratchaburi province, which receives gas from Myanmar to produce power for western Thailand, is designed to used a fixed specification of gas from Myanmar.