Lopez-led First Gen Corporation has posted 12-percent decline in earnings to P9.6 billion (US$190 million) in the three quarters of this year vis-à-vis heftier profitability of P11.3 billion (US$217 million) in the same period last year. Within the January-September period, the company noted that...
Lopez-led FGEN LNG Corporation will conclude by the middle of next month the bid process for its planned chartering of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to serve as its interim facility on targeted importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting year 2022. Jonathan C. Russell,...
Anchoring it on the ‘right to match’ provision of the joint operating agreement (JOA) under Service Contract (SC) 38, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi indicated that Udenna Corporation of businessman Dennis Uy may likely have an edge in acquiring the 45-percent stake being unloaded by Shell...
The Senate committee on energy is filing a legislative measure that will re-frame the investment function of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), so it can concentrate its activities on oil and gas exploration ventures. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “We’re...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has inked a deal with American firm New Fortress Energy LLC (NFE) for the setting up of liquefied natural gas (LNG) installation in the country. In a statement to the media, the Department of Energy (DOE) qualified that the memorandum of...
With the service contract of the Malampaya gas field expiring in four years, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi sounded off that the next best option for the country is to take the course of liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi In his keynote message at the 9th...
The forthcoming maintenance schedule of the Malampaya gas production facility next month is expected to trigger hikes in the electricity bills that will be dispatched to Filipino consumers around Christmas time. The Malampaya gas field uses an innovative and sustainable deepwater technology for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently reviewing and processing at least 39 new projects that have applied for certificates of energy projects of national significance (CEPNS) so they can be extended streamlined processes in their permitting and licensing requirements....
The Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction timeline applied for by FGEN LNG Corporation, a joint venture of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd., for the US$300 million floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) project so it can bring liquefied natural gas...
Crippling brownouts will dampen the country’s bid for economic recovery in the near term if the Department of Energy (DOE) will not act early enough to concretize a viable replacement for the gas output from the Malampaya field. Senator...
Gasoline prices at the pumps are anticipated to go up by P0.50 to P0.65 per liter next week, based on the result of trading in the world market last week. For diesel, consumers’ pockets may still experience respite as there might be no change in the cost of the commodity or there could just be a...
