The Department of Energy (DOE) should ready its contingency plans to ensure there would be enough supply of electricity as warmer weather conditions continue to heighten due to the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. “El Niño is going to be a big concern for our country not just in terms...
Consumers will be perked up slightly next week, as oil prices will just be on modest rollback at the domestic pumps, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of gasoline products will be trimmed by P0.55 to P0.95 per liter; while diesel prices will...
TORONTO – The Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee (NEPIAC) led by the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking the concurrence of the Department of Finance (DOF) to a proposed deal with the South Korean government on a new feasibility study that must be undertaken to re-assess technical...
TORONTO – The Philippine government is exploring collaboration or cooperation deal with the Canadian government and its industry players on reinforcing research and development (R&D) initiatives that will aid the country on its nuclear rebirth by the turn of the decade. That intent has been...
The Senate Committee on Energy is confident that the bill seeking to develop the country’s natural gas industry would not only help enhance the country’s energy security but also increase employment opportunities for Filipinos as well. An LNG cargo arriving at the plant site in...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy reminded residents of Panay Island to conserve energy following another power blackout on March 1. “The general public is also encouraged to conserve energy,” the DOE said in an appeal to residents of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be offering 8,200 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacities in the fourth round of green energy auction (GEA-4) to be administered by the latter part of this year. In her remarks during an Energy Transition forum convened by Climate Smart Ventures (CSV),...
Cooking fuel will come heavier on the budgets of households this week as the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will go up by P0.27 to P0.30 per kilogram (kg) for the month of March, as announced by the industry players. Leading player Petron Corporation, in particular, implemented LPG price...
Greenfield as well as expansion generating facilities of Aboitiz Power Corporation will be shoring up power supply in the country this year by additional 400 megawatts – mainly coming from its solar plants that will be reaching commercial stream in the months ahead. In a briefing with reporters,...
Philippine officials and key industry players will be on a one-week Nuclear Energy Mission to Canada this March to scrutinize the policy frameworks and regulatory regimes of this developed market - primarily on how it had set the bar high on its ‘cradle-to-grave’ precept of nuclear energy...
Gas field operator Prime Energy Resources Development B.V. (Prime Energy) has announced the award of a contract to US firm subsidiary One Subsea of the Schlumberger group, for the supply of equipment for phase 4 drilling in the extended Malampaya project. The supply of equipment, according to the...
Razon-led Prime Energy is sorting out ‘rigorous routine maintenance inspections’ and plant shutdowns at the Malampaya facility as a preparatory step for planned fresh round of exploration and drilling activities for the extended production life cycle of the gas field. “For a facility with...
