As gas restriction predicament at the Malampaya field recurred on Monday (June 21), the country’s gas plants have been adversely impacted anew on their electricity generation and that prompted either de-rating of their capacity or they needed to shift to condensate fuel. According to sources, the...
As a ‘blackout legacy’ of the Duterte administration is getting up close and personal, the Department of Energy (DOE) is finally calling on all industry stakeholders to sort out comprehensive solutions to the imminent energy crisis. As a priority matter though, the energy department is being...
The restricted gas output of the Malampaya field since March this year has reduced overall electricity generation in the country by more than 400 megawatts, according to Manila Electric Company. Meralco Vice President Lawrence S. Fernandez conveyed that the slowdown in production from the field...
More individuals may soon receive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines after the government's pandemic task force allowed the inclusion of more workers in the Priority Group A4 of the country's COVID-19 vaccination program. Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal government / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Even with President Rodrigo Duterte singing a different tune that he can no longer take back territories claimed by China, the Department of Energy (DOE) stated that it is bent on awarding more petroleum service contracts at blocks straddled by disputed territories within the West Philippine Sea....
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has hailed a food and beverage giant's commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to "net zero" by the year 2050. (Photo from Climate Change Commission PH Facebook page) The company, Nestlé Philippines, also set a mid-term goal of slashing to half...
The revenues yielded by the country’s Malampaya gas production facility already topped $11.9 billion (equivalent to P573 billion at prevailing peso-dollar exchange rate) with the national government getting the bulk with a share of P325 billion as of end-December 2020, according to the Department...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for them to collaborate on the formulation of propounded Philippine National Standards (PNS) for the country’s natural gas industry. Based on the pact sealed by the two...
The Senate Committee on Energy is requiring the Department of Energy (DOE) to legally justify the approval it bestowed on the transfer of the unloaded 45-percent shareholdings of Chevron Corporation in the Malampaya gas field venture to buyer Udenna Corporation. In a statement to the media, Senator...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation has selected Norwegian firm BW Gas Limited for its five-year time chartering of floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) relative to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility that it will be setting up at its Clean Energy Complex in Batangas. In a disclosure...
Livestock constitutes about 15 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. A single cow can produce an equal amount of a car’s gas emission through the methane they release through passing gas. Future Feed, an Australian-based company, promotes a seaweed feed called Australian 'super...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is seriously weighing options to shift investment plans into setting up liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities instead of the previously blueprinted coal-fired power investments. “We should get into the...
