When President Marcos took office in 2022, his administration vowed to ramp up oil and gas investments, starting within the safer terrains of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It also eyed the flashpoint: restarting exploration and drilling in the contested waters of the West...
Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, who is also the chairman of PXP Energy Corporation, has an extraordinary wish for this year’s holiday season – a “Chinese Santa Claus” who will finally give a strife-free nod to petroleum exploration in the turbulent waters of West Philippine Sea,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Here's a bold suggestion to President Marcos on the heels of his triumphant participation in the trilateral summit with United States (US) President Joe Biden and Japan Prime...
Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corporation is still focused on intensifying its plea to the government for the targeted lifting of the ‘force majeure’ roadblock that had been enforced on its planned exploration and drilling activities at its petroleum blocks along Palawan basin. The company has been...
Philippine upstream company PXP Energy Corporation is now coming to terms with the idea that the resumption of exploration at the Recto Bank prospect will rely on the political decision of the national government (NG), primarily considering the diplomatic alliances of the administration with global...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Friday, Feb. 17, that one of its patrol ships encountered and challenged a Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessel off Recto (Reed) Bank as the PCG vowed to intensify its presence in in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid the intrusion of foreign elements....
In a latest flex of its muscle in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), two China Coast Guard (CCG) ships and two Chinese maritime militia vessels sailed close to a Philippine Navy (PN) ship near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef to try intercepting its patrol operations, authorities confirmed Saturday, Feb. 4....
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) alerted all airmen on Friday, Dec. 30, against possible debris hit from a rocket that was launched by China. Rocket debris believed to be from China’s Long March 5B (CZ-5B) booster rocket were found by fishermen near the Mindoro Strait, the...
House Strategic Intelligence Committee Chairperson Rep. Johnny Pimentel has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to lift suspension of oil and gas drilling activities in the Recto Bank, also known as the Reed Tablemount. West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) This, following the total...
President Duterte has issued a reminder that the Philippines should keep its word about having a joint exploration with China at the Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea, saying not doing so may cause problems that no one wants. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the...
Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, chairman of House committee on strategic intelligence, on Sunday told the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to prepare to fight back against China’s water cannon should a scheduled offshore gas drilling activity in the Recto Bank escalate into tension. In a...
The Philippine government has directed Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corporation to go ahead with its programmed seismic survey and well drilling at the Recto Bank even without securing first the concurrence of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) or that of the Chinese government. Energy...
