Leading oil industry player Petron Corporation is seeking extension from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the shelf registration of its P50 billion worth of programmed peso fixed-rate bonds issuance. The company stated that in its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),...
Leading industry player Petron Corporation has ramped up outputs at its two refineries in the Philippine and Malaysian markets to sustain sales volume that have been propping up targeted profitability levels. During the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting, Petron Chief Finance Officer...
The upturn in sales had propelled 16 percent rise in the first quarter net income of leading player Petron Corporation to P3.93 billion from last year’s three-month outcome of P3.4 billion. Petron indicated that the profitability climb had been registered across operational chains of the...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is weighing the proposal of at least three investors that have been eyeing to put up an oil refinery at its property in Bataan, so it can augment the country’s fuel requirements. “We have proponents - there are investors talking to us about our...
Leading oil firm Petron Corporation reported that its consolidated net income in the first quarter this year slightly dropped to P3.4 billion versus last year’s more upbeat bottom line of P3.6 billion due to higher financing cost. “The increase in financing cost was partly tempered by the...
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday. The explosion occurred late Friday at the illegal oil refinery in Egbema local government area, a boundary area...
With a conclusive decision sounded off to stockholders, Petron Corporation has shifted ground on its earlier plan of shutting down its 180,000 barrels-per-stream-day Limay refinery. Petron President and CEO Ramon S. Ang During the company’s annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday (May 18), Petron...
Major oil firm Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation is back on financial rally posting P1-billion net income lin the first quarter, effectively snuffing out the substantial P5.5- billion loss in the same period last year. The company said its return to profitability had been propelled by “new...
A provision in the newly-signed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law or Republic Act 11534 will save the 180,000 barrels per stream day refinery of Petron Corporation from feared shutdown, because the new law will correct the “tax enforcement inequities” earlier...
Leading oil firm Petron Corporation rescued the country’s only petroleum refining facility from near-shutdown after securing approval on its application as registered enterprise of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB). The non-closure of its refinery business was confirmed by...
