Chinaโs Coast Guard maintained near-daily patrols at key features across the disputed South China Sea last year, ramping up its presence as tensions over the waterway with Southeast Asian neighbours remain high, new tracking data shows.
The Philippines has approved a plan to build a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, adding to six ongoing projects that are expected to boost domestic supply from imports as the Southeast Asian nationโs sole gas field dries up in three years.
Philippine oil and gas drillers tumbled Wednesday after the top court voided the nationโs 2005 deal with China and Vietnam to jointly explore for oil and gas in the South China Sea, less than a week after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed to revive similar talks with Beijing.
A nuclear power plant on the Philippinesโ western coast has sat idle for nearly four decades, costing billions of dollars and never producing a watt of electricity. Now, itโs at the center of a debate over whether the nation should finally adopt atomic energy.
Shell (LON:SHEL) is partnering with local renewable energy company Alternergy Holdings to jointly explore the frontier offshore wind market potential in the Philippines.
Shell (LON:SHEL) has completed the sale of its Malampaya gas field in the Philippines to Prime Infrastructure Capital following regulatory approvals and consent from joint venture partners.
Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific International Holdings (AG&P) has announced the successful conversion of the 137,512 cubic meter LNG carrier called ISH into a Floating Storage Unit (FSU).
Philippine billionaire Enrique Razon made his fortune operating ports and running casinos. His next target is the countryโs nascent renewables industry.
Shell (LON:SHEL) has signed a collaboration agreement with Nickel Asia's renewable energy subsidiary, Emerging Power (EPI), to jointly develop, own, operate, and maintain renewable energy assets in the power hungry Philippines.
Newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr reiterated his support for more renewable energy, as well as nuclear power, and natural gas, in the Philippines, one of Southeast Asiaโs fastest growing economies. The news comes as plans to import maiden liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes into the country have stuttered due to surging global prices.
AG&P aims to commission the Philippines' first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal this December as part of the companyโs strategy to operate five LNG regasification facilities across Asia by 2025.
The coal plus renewables energy transition led by Asia Pacificโs largest growth markets โ China and India โ is gathering speed. Significantly, it is a lot cheaper than the natural gas plus renewables path followed by the EU and US to lower emissions.
Solar Philippines has taken a further step toward massively expanding the nationโs renewables capacity, including with one of the worldโs top projects, as it aims to help meet rising energy demand and aid a shift away from coal.
First Genโs Interim Offshore LNG Terminal project in the Philippines has been delayed and the company has asked BW Gas to delay the delivery of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) BW Paris from Q1 2023 to end of Q2 or early Q3 2023.
Philippine billionaire Enrique Razon will acquire a controlling stake in businessman Dennis Uyโs Malampaya gas project, in a move that may help extend the life of a field that fuels some of the nationโs biggest power plants. Significantly, Shell is also in the process of trying to divest its share of Malampaya.
Australian-listed Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) has agreed an alliance covering extended well testing and early production systems in the Palawan basin offshore Philippines as they aim to pump oil as fast as possible in the current high oil price environment. Significantly, the company and its partners will be hoping to eek oil out of an old field before their contract expires in 2024.
The Philippines could get nearly one-fifth of its power from offshore wind by 2040 under a high-growth scenario that would deliver 21GW of capacity, according to the latest study from the World Bank. However, numerous challenges need to be overcome to realise this commercial potential.
For price-sensitive liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers in Asia, now is not the time to build new LNG import terminals, according to the latest study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Logistics and Services will supply a floating storage unit (FSU) for Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Companyโs (AG&Pโs) Philippines LNG Import Terminal (PHLNG) due to start operations later this year.
Shellโs (LSE:RDSA) sale of its 45% share of the Malampaya gas project in the Philippines to Udenna Corporation for $460 million has stalled after the countryโs national oil company PNOC blocked the deal amid crumbling political support.
Local utility First Gen Corporation is on track to start importing the Philippinesโ first-ever cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) later this year as its receiving terminal nears completion.
Spainโs Iberdrola is eying five early-stage offshore wind projects in the Philippines as part of its ambitious push to expand its footprint in the Asia Pacific region.