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The Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) is scouting for a new partner for the development of the Camago-Malampaya oil leg (CMOL) in western Palawan.


PNOC president Eduardo V . Mañalac said the Department of Energy (DoE) will form a task force to be composed of members of the PNOC board, PNOC-Exploration Corp. (EC) board, their management and technical team.


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Total, Mitra Energy to start SC 56 oil drilling next year

By Iris Gonzales | August 23, 2013 - 12:00am

French firm Total E&P Philippines B.V. and Mitra Energy Ltd. of Malaysia are set to start drilling operations in Service Contract 56 in the South Sulu Sea next year, an energy department official said.

Business

DOE okays Total taking majority stake in SC56

By Neil Jerome Morales | October 26, 2012 - 12:00am

The Department of Energy (DOE) has allowed a French oil giant to enter the Philippines for the first time by buying into a petroleum block in Mindanao.

Business

ExxonMobil Phils plans new wells

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 11, 2010 - 12:00am

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Philippines B.V., an affiliate of US-based oil exploration giant ExxonMobil Corp., may consider drilling new wells after completing the exploratory wells for its fourth...

Business

ExxonMobil earmarks $500 million for oil exploration in RP

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 11, 2010 - 12:00am

The local unit of US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil may spend around $500 million for its initial exploration activities in the Philippines, the country’s top energy official said.

Business

PNOC head resigns

November 5, 2006 - 12:00am

The president and chief executive officer of the state-run Philippine National Oil Corp. (PNOC) has resigned. Eduardo Mañalac, concurrently Energy undersecretary, reportedly resigned for health reasons. Energy...

Headlines

PNOC seeks new partner for Camago-Malampaya project

By Ted P. Torres | October 20, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) is scouting for a new partner for the development of the Camago-Malampaya oil leg (CMOL) in western Palawan. PNOC president Eduardo V . Mañalac said the Department...

Business

PNOC-EC inks farm-in agreement with Mitra Energy

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 8, 2006 - 12:00am

State-run PNOC Exploration Corp. (PNOC-EC) entered recently into a farm-in agreement with Mitra Energy Ltd. (MEL) for Service Contract (SC) 57 in offshore Calamian northwest of Palawan. The farm-in agreement makes...

Business