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                    [Summary] => US-based Argo Group and local oil exploration firm South China Resources Inc. have expressed interest in the oil rim development at the Malampaya field in northwest Palawan, a ranking energy official said.


Energy Undersecretary Guillermo Balce said the two firms may likely  join the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in the  bid to drill oil at Malampaya covered by Service Contract (SC) 38 as Malacañang has authorized the issuance of another SC for the oil rim.


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                    [Title] => Korea Gas shows interest in Malampaya
                    [Summary] => Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas), a state-owned gas development firm of Korea, has expressed keen interest to undertake the oil rim project in the $4.5-billion Malampaya deep water gas-to- power project in Palawan.


Korean Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) Hee-Beom Lee said Kogas is now talking with the state-run Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) for a possible joint venture.


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He said two memorandum of understanding were inked with Korea’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) Minister Lee Hee-Beom. The MOUs aim to assist the Philippine government in its power development programs and accelerate the country’s barangay electrification program.


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"We hope to have the financial closure with the Korean Gas Corp.(Kogas)-led consortium by April 15," PNOC president Eduardo Mañalac said.  


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                    [Summary] => The government expects to wrap up talks with the consortium led by Korean Gas Corp. (Kogas) for the negotiated sale of a 4.9 percent stake held by the state-owned PNOC-Exploration Corp. (EC) in the $4.5-billion Malampaya natural gas project, the country’s top energy official said.


"We are already in the final stages of our negotiation with Kogas.  We expect to come up with a final arrangement in the next few weeks," Energy Secretary and Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) chairman Vincent Perez said.


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                    [Title] => Korean firms keen on RP’s natural gas sector
                    [Summary] => Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez reported yesterday  that a number of South Korean-based firms have expressed keen interest in participating in the development of the country’s downstream natural gas industry. 


"Our natural gas industry is one of the industries that are attracting interest from different countries. Our meetings with several Korean firms indicated a very strong interest among them to carry out these vital projects," Perez said. 


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Argo Group, South China Resources eye Malampaya oil rim

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 4, 2006 - 12:00am

US-based Argo Group and local oil exploration firm South China Resources Inc. have expressed interest in the oil rim development at the Malampaya field in northwest Palawan, a ranking energy official said. Energy...

Business

Korea Gas shows interest in Malampaya

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | December 19, 2005 - 12:00am

Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas), a state-owned gas development firm of Korea, has expressed keen interest to undertake the oil rim project in the $4.5-billion Malampaya deep water gas-to- power project in Palawan. Korean...

Business

RP, Korea sign 3 accords on energy

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | December 16, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines has signed three agreements with the South Korean government to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said yesterday. He said two memorandum...

Business

PNOC expects to close sale of Malampaya stake in a mo

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 16, 2005 - 12:00am

PNOC-Exploration Corp., the oil and gas exploration subsidiary of state-owned Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC), expects the financial closure for the sale of its 4.9-percent stake in the $4.5-billion Malampaya...

Business

Government to conclude talks on Malampaya stake

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 31, 2004 - 12:00am

The government expects to wrap up talks with the consortium led by Korean Gas Corp. (Kogas) for the negotiated sale of a 4.9 percent stake held by the state-owned PNOC-Exploration Corp. (EC) in the $4.5-billion Malampaya...

Business

Korean firms keen on RP’s natural gas sector

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 19, 2003 - 12:00am

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez reported yesterday that a number of South Korean-based firms have expressed keen interest in participating in the development of the country’s downstream natural gas industry....

Business