Browsing by Subject "petroleum"

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    • Biokubo: The search for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel 

      Razon, Luis F. (The Philippine Star, December 22, 2011, on page B-5)
      Studies have shown that the biodiesel process utilizing waste cooking oils had a better rate of return than a process which used virgin oil, although all of the processes in their papers had negative rates of return. There ...

    • Compensation sought for oil spill victims 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2020, on page 9)
      The owner of a power barge that spilled oil in the waters off Iloilo City is expected to compensate communities that suffered economic losses due to the incident, a lawmaker said yesterday. “We are counting on the operator ...

    • Ending joint maritime exploration 

      (SunStar Philippines, June 28, 2022, on page 6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte made the right move when he ordered the termination of the talks with China for a joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea. The talks began after Manila signed in November 2018 a ...

    • Farmers, fishers get boost from oil firm 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2020, on page B3)
      Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, is helping farmers and fisherfolk reach their market by allotting space in select fuel stations until the ...

    • Manufacturers to ask for canned sardines' price hike due to TRAIN 

      Reyes, Rida (Panay News, March 11, 2018, on page B2)
      Manufacturers of canned sardines will ask the government for a price increase because of higher production costs due to the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law. A report on 24 Oras said canned sardines ...

    • Militants raise concern over 'oil spill deaths' 

      PN (Panay News, February 16, 2014, on page 2)
      "We could have avoided loss of life had there been appropriate response from the government to the oil spill in Estancia." this was the statement issued by Task Force (TF) Buliganay, a network of progressive people's ...

    • New warning issued on climate change 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2016, on page B-9)
      According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ...

    • An oil boom? 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, October 28, 2020, on page B1)
      Share prices of once-dormant listed petroleum exploration companies have doubled and even more than quadrupled in recent days, from their March 2020 lows, thanks to the so-called lifting by President Duterte of the moratorium ...

    • People affected by oil spill should be paid—solon 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, July 7, 2020, on page A3)
      A party-list lawmaker on Monday said the owner of the barge carrying petroleum products that blew up off Iloilo City should pay for the environmental degradation caused by the spill and the economic losses that it caused ...

    • PH-China oil exploration talks over 

      Ismael, Javier Joe (The Manila Times, June 25, 2022, on page A1-A8)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Thursday the Philippines has ended negotiations with China for a joint oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Speaking during the Department of Foreign Affairs' ...

    • PHL seeks oil exploration partners in UAE 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, October 6, 2019, on page 3)
      The Philippines is seeking oil exploration partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with offers of attractive terms, incentives and viable service contracts with the government. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the ...

    • PXP Energy set to drill two wells in Recto Bank 

      Flores, Alena Mae. S. (Manila Standard, February 25, 2022, on page B4)
      PXP Energy Corp., the oil and gas exploration unit of Philex Mining Corp., said Thursday it will drill two appraisal wells in the gas-rich Recto Bank this year along with subsidiary Forum Energy Plc. “Each of Forum and PXP ...

    • Resumption of petroleum drilling at Recto Bank pushed 

      Velasco, Myrna M. (Manila Bulletin, June 26, 2022, on page 1-7)
      Following the government’s announcement that it already terminated its joint oil exploration talks with China, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corporation can now proceed with its ...

    • Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, March 10, 2018, on page 4-5)
      “We have gone beyond determining if there are resources” and “The only issue is now, is it commercially viable,” he said. Roque and Davila were talking about the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking or JMSU entered into by the ...

    • West Philippine Sea: Joint development with China? 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (Manila Bulletin, October 11, 2017, on page 12)
      In a major sign of improved bilateral relations, not to mention our desperation to develop alternative sources of energy, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi recently announced a “win-win solution” in the ...