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                    [Title] => Government sets renewable energy investment mission
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The Philippines and the United Kingdom are organizing a renewable energy (RE) investment mission to London in September this year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496285 [Title] => PowerTech to create networking venue for international energy execs [Summary] =>

Government and private sector delegates from 25 countries attending the UNIDO ministerial conference on green energy and energy efficiency to be held in the Philippines next month have been invited to attend corporate presentations, share insights and start networking with C-level executives in the Philipine energy industry at the PowerTech Business Forum.

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After leaving government, Perez became a private equity investor with extensive business interests in the Philippines.

Perez served as Energy Secretary for the Arroyo administration from June 2001 to March 2005. During his term, he renewed interest in oil exploration and aggressively promoted the use of clean, indigenous energy sources such as natural gas, geothermal and biofuels.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270795 [Title] => Four small oil players hike pump prices by 50¢/liter [Summary] => Four of the country’s smaller oil players initiated yesterday another 50-centavo per liter price hike on their petroleum products.

Seaoil Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., Flying V and Unioil Philippines Inc. said they will adjust their prices upward effective today.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270806 [Title] => DOE installs hybrid solar-diesel power system in El Nido, Palawan [Summary] => The Department of Energy (DOE) has installed a P15- million photovoltaic-diesel hybrid power system in El Nido, Palawan.

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said the installation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project will benefit some 200 households in the cashew farming village of New Ibajay in El Nido.

The power project is capable of generating 20 kilowatts (kw) of electricity using energy both from the sun and fuel oil to power its mini-grid.
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Concepcion, chairman of the Consumer and Oil Price Watch (COPW), in his letter to House Committee on Trade and Industry chairman Rep. Junie Cua, said "the industry is dominated by four players controlling 85 percent of the market."
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269891 [Title] => SPEX sets oil search venture in Sulu Sea [Summary] => Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Spex), the major operator of the $4.5-billion Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project under Service Contract 38 in Northwest Palawan, will engage in another landmark oil exploration project in the Sulu Sea off eastern Palawan.

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said Spex applied for the said SC with the Department of Energy (DOE) early this week.
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Metro Alliance, owned by businessman William T. Gatchalian, acquired 100 percent ownership of BPC by way of debt and equity purchase. BPC was formerly owned and operated by the consortium of British Petroleum of UK, Petronas of Malaysia, Sumitomo of Japan and some local investors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269677 [Title] => Perez lauds Transco move to gain ISO status [Summary] => Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez has lauded the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) for its continuing adherence to a quality management system.

"Transco continues to improve its processes and its operational efficiency and I commend its commitment to put the ISO assurance of quality management in its mandate to provide reliable and affordable electricity to the country," he said.
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                    [Title] => Government sets renewable energy investment mission
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The Philippines and the United Kingdom are organizing a renewable energy (RE) investment mission to London in September this year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496285 [Title] => PowerTech to create networking venue for international energy execs [Summary] =>

Government and private sector delegates from 25 countries attending the UNIDO ministerial conference on green energy and energy efficiency to be held in the Philippines next month have been invited to attend corporate presentations, share insights and start networking with C-level executives in the Philipine energy industry at the PowerTech Business Forum.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 41265 [Title] => Chipmakers join opposition to EPIRA change [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331863 [Title] => Perez joins Nido Petroleum board [Summary] => Nido Petroleum Ltd. (Nido) has appointed former Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez as non-executive director in its board of directors.

After leaving government, Perez became a private equity investor with extensive business interests in the Philippines.

Perez served as Energy Secretary for the Arroyo administration from June 2001 to March 2005. During his term, he renewed interest in oil exploration and aggressively promoted the use of clean, indigenous energy sources such as natural gas, geothermal and biofuels.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270795 [Title] => Four small oil players hike pump prices by 50¢/liter [Summary] => Four of the country’s smaller oil players initiated yesterday another 50-centavo per liter price hike on their petroleum products.

Seaoil Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., Flying V and Unioil Philippines Inc. said they will adjust their prices upward effective today.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270806 [Title] => DOE installs hybrid solar-diesel power system in El Nido, Palawan [Summary] => The Department of Energy (DOE) has installed a P15- million photovoltaic-diesel hybrid power system in El Nido, Palawan.

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said the installation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project will benefit some 200 households in the cashew farming village of New Ibajay in El Nido.

The power project is capable of generating 20 kilowatts (kw) of electricity using energy both from the sun and fuel oil to power its mini-grid.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270427 [Title] => RP oil industry remains an oligopoly — Concepcion [Summary] => Industrialist and consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion reiterated yesterday that the local oil industry remains an "oligopoly" despite its deregulation in 1998.

Concepcion, chairman of the Consumer and Oil Price Watch (COPW), in his letter to House Committee on Trade and Industry chairman Rep. Junie Cua, said "the industry is dominated by four players controlling 85 percent of the market."
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269891 [Title] => SPEX sets oil search venture in Sulu Sea [Summary] => Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Spex), the major operator of the $4.5-billion Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project under Service Contract 38 in Northwest Palawan, will engage in another landmark oil exploration project in the Sulu Sea off eastern Palawan.

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said Spex applied for the said SC with the Department of Energy (DOE) early this week.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269909 [Title] => Singapore firm, Gatchalian group team up to revive petrochem project [Summary] => Pan Pacific Capital Advisors Pte. Ltd. of Singapore has tied up with Metro Alliance Holdings and Equities Corp. to revive the operation of the Bataan Polyethylene Corp. (BPC) plant, the Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday.

Metro Alliance, owned by businessman William T. Gatchalian, acquired 100 percent ownership of BPC by way of debt and equity purchase. BPC was formerly owned and operated by the consortium of British Petroleum of UK, Petronas of Malaysia, Sumitomo of Japan and some local investors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269677 [Title] => Perez lauds Transco move to gain ISO status [Summary] => Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez has lauded the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) for its continuing adherence to a quality management system.

"Transco continues to improve its processes and its operational efficiency and I commend its commitment to put the ISO assurance of quality management in its mandate to provide reliable and affordable electricity to the country," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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