Japan’s Tokyo Gas and the Philippines utility First Gen have received approval to build a $10 billion LNG receiving terminal in the island nation, Kallanish Energy learns. The facility will be located in First Gen’s LNG complex in Batangas Province, south of Manila. It is the first time the Japanese gas company is investing in infrastructure […]

ISRAELI firm Ratio Petroleum Ltd. wants to partner with Philippine National Oil Company-Explo-ration Corp. (PNOC-EC) to jointly explore possible petroleum reserves in the east Palawan basin. Ratio Petroleum was awarded Service Contract (SC) No. 76 covering Area 4 of Eastern Palawan, as part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fifth Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR), launched in May […]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The US and Japanese Embassies in Jakarta collaborated with Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to conduct the first trilateral workshop on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to promote energy partnerships in a free, open Indo-Pacific. The trilateral workshop on LNG was held in Jakarta on Tuesday and opened by President Director […]

British recycling company Plastic Energy Ltd. is set to invest US$200 million to build waste-to-fuel plants in several cities across the province, according to West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil. West Java is home to over 50 million people or 20 percent of Indonesia’s population. In an exclusive interview in Jakarta on Thursday, Ridwan told The […]

JAKARTA — Indonesian state-owned oil and gas group Pertamina will increase cooperation with Malaysian counterpart Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, in an agreement signed on Tuesday that ranges from exploration to renewable power. The comprehensive deal comes as demand for oil and gas is expected to remain high in Southeast Asia. Both parties will “explore the possibilities of cooperation […]

PRESIDENT Duterte is mulling over how to move forward with the country’s 29 deals with China, especially the country’s agreement on energy cooperation in oil and gas development in the West Philippine Sea. He has asked Beijing to “give me a week” to study the matter. Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua and the President had a […]

KOTA KINABALU: North Kalimantan Governor Dr H Iranto Lambrie has invited the State Government to work together in power generation infrastructure development in his province bordering Tawau. He said Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is presently doing a feasibility study to build a hydropower plant with generation capacity of 1,300 megawatts at Sungai Mentarang in the […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Ranhill Holdings Bhd (Ranhill) and Thailand-based Treasure Specialty Company Ltd (TS Co) will jointly develop a 1,150 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Kedah for power export to Southern Thailand. Upon completion, the power plant is expected to dispatch 100 per cent of its generation capacity through a dedicated […]

The United Kingdom has pledged 15 million pounds (US$19.5 million) in grants to Indonesia to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy in the country. The grants will be used to finance four programs, namely matchmaking between the private sector and the government, capacity building for stakeholders, policy making assistance and pilot projects in rural or […]

MANILA –The Department of Energy (DOE) has recognized the help extended by the German development agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), in advancing renewable energy use in the country, for cleaner and more sustainable power. GIZ has provided the Philippines technical and financial assistance through a three-year project called Shaping and Implementing the […]