March 6, 2021

Malampaya Prize

As the Department of Energy reviews the technical, legal and financial ramifications of the Chevron-Udenna sale—prior to final approval—business leaders Ramon S. Ang and Manuel V. Pangilinan pitch offers for SPEX’s 45-percent stake in Palawan’s critical gas-to-power project. By LENIE […]
March 4, 2021

Meralco’s Continued Payment of 50% Premium to Partner Quezon Power Alarming.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 2 March 2021 Five months ago in October 2020 your organization MSK complained to the Energy Regulatory Commission about the 58% higher price that Meralco has been paying Quezon Power starting in 2020. We updated the […]
November 20, 2020

Malampaya’s remaining gas seen topping 1.6TCF

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 19, 2020, 1:40 PM from Manila Bulletin The remaining potential yield of the Malampaya gas production facility could go as high as 1.6 trillion cubic feet (TCF), or half of the current capacity of […]
November 11, 2020

Gov’t dangles 8 ‘conditions’ in Malampaya license extension

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 11, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Philippine government is dangling at least eight conditions that the consortium-members of Service Contract (SC) 38 led by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) must comply with […]