DOE eyes creation of ‘energy city’

The Department of Energy plans to create an “energy city” in Batangas to be composed of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. This will serve as a back up plan to whatever may happen with the Malampaya deepwater-to-gas project off Palawan. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said on the sidelines of a Senate hearing Tuesday that…

Malampaya operations in peril as critical issues plague project

The Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project faces the prospects of non-renewal, even of getting shut down, with ongoing critical challenges plaguing the upstream oil and gas industry, a ranking Malampaya consortium official told a Senate panel yesterday. In a Senate hearing yesterday, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) managing director Sebastian Quiniones presented a list of…

RP moves to dismiss SPEX-initiated arbitration case

The Philippine government has moved to dismiss the the arbitration case sought by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) over a P53.14-billion tax deficiency from the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project. Read more here.