The plan of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) to establish the country’s strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) or oil stockpiling has been ditched after the Senate junked the proposed budget for this project. Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian indicated that...
The budget of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has been reduced by P2.5 billion for 2023 as part of efforts to compel the government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) to refocus its mandate into providing stable and secure supply of oil, including the exploration of oil and gas. The...
A re-entry of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) into oil marketing and trading has been proposed, so that government can position itself as the “price leader” that can offer cheaper petroleum products not just to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers but even to the wider...
A board director of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) sounded off that incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will likely revive the "joint exploration deal" with China, indicating that extraction of petroleum resources can finally progress at the contested West Philippine Sea...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte remains hopeful that the government's planned strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) would get off the ground before President Duterte ends his term on June 30, 2022. (Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) This, after the Chief Executive tapped a touted...
A former senior undersecretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) has been designated by President Rodrigo Duterte as President of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC). According to the DOE, former Energy Undersecretary Jesus Cristino Posadas officially took over as PNOC President since...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing to firm up a deal with the Japanese government, via the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), for the conduct of a feasibility study that could concretize the proposed strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) or oil stockpiling in the country....
The Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) effectively protected the country’s national interest when it blocked the sale of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.’s (SPEX) stakes to Malampaya Energy XP Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Dennis Uy-led Udenna Corp., in the...
House Asst. Majority Leader and Cebu First District Rep. Eduardo Gullas slammed on Wednesday, Dec. 8 the Makati Business Club (MBC) for calling on the government to take control of the operations of the offshore Malampaya gas field. Malampaya gas field Gullas, chairman of the House Committee on...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy should reveal the “mystery shopper” instead of filing libel charges against members of the media for supposed unfair reporting over a graft complaint they’re facing over Uy’s controversial buyout...
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to rescind the approval it granted to Udenna Corporation for the acquisition of the 45 percent shareholdings of Chevron Corporation in the multi-billion Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project. In a statement,...
Uy-led Udenna Corporation has committed to fulfill its contractual obligation under Malampaya’s Service Contract 38 (SC38) to extract the P30 billion to P35-billion worth of ‘banked gas’ for state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) According to Udenna President Raymundo Martin M....
