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                    [Title] => Gov’t eyes negotiated contract for Transco
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"The committee will also discuss options to take whether to negotiate or another strategy which is to hold another bidding," Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) vice president Froilan Tampinco said in an interview. 


Tampinco said if indications tend to lead toward negotiation, "we might probably go into negotiated contract." 


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                    [Title] => Japanese, European firms keen on Napocor’s generation assets
                    [Summary] => Some Japanese and European power companies have expressed interest in  the generation assets of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) which are slated for sale within the year, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) president Edgardo del Fonso said. 


"We are now preparing the information memorandum which will be out by middle of August.  Many have expressed interest.  These are big power firms from Japan and Europe," del Fonso said. 


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                    [Title] => Japanese firms keen on natural gas industry in RP
                    [Summary] => Twenty Japan-based power firms have shown interest in the country’s growing natural gas industry, an official from the Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday.


Energy undersecretary J.V. Emmanuel A. De Dios, who headed the first Philippine delegation to the 22nd World Gas Conference 2003  held recently in Japan, said of the 35 who participated in the discussions, there were about 20 firms that were very keen on taking part in the countyry’s natural gas industry.


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                    [Title] => Sale of 7 Napocor power plants set in July
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"These (power plants) represent the first batch of generation assets of Napocor that we will sell by the start of the third quarter," PSALM president Edgardo del Fonso said in an interview. 


Among the power facilities to be auctioned off in two months’ time are those in  Sucat, Limay, Navotas, Pinamucan, two mini-hydro plants in Mindanao and 1 small diesel plant in Bohol. 


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                    [Title] => 5 foreign firms keen on $100-M Batangas-Manila gas pipeline
                    [Summary] => At least five foreign firms have expressed an interest in constructing and operating the proposed $100-million gas pipeline from Batangas to Manila (Batman I), a ranking government official said over the weekend.


These firms are Japan Gas Corp., Korean Gas Corp., Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) of Malaysia, British Petroleum Plc. and Korean Electric Power Co. (Kepco).


The five foreign gas companies have also signified their interest to convert the 300-MW Sucat I and 600-MW Limay diesel-fired power plants into natural gas facilities.


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Gov’t eyes negotiated contract for Transco

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The National Government’s privatization bids and awards committee will meet this week to declare a second failed bidding for the National Transmission Corp. (Transco). "The committee will also discuss...

Business

Japanese, European firms keen on Napocor’s generation assets

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 21, 2003 - 12:00am

Some Japanese and European power companies have expressed interest in the generation assets of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) which are slated for sale within the year, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management...

Business

Japanese firms keen on natural gas industry in RP

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 13, 2003 - 12:00am

Twenty Japan-based power firms have shown interest in the country’s growing natural gas industry, an official from the Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday. Energy undersecretary J.V. Emmanuel A. De Dios,...

Business

Sale of 7 Napocor power plants set in July

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | May 18, 2003 - 12:00am

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) will start the sale of at least seven power plants of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) by July this year. "These (power plants) represent...

Business

5 foreign firms keen on $100-M Batangas-Manila gas pipeline

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 24, 2003 - 12:00am

At least five foreign firms have expressed an interest in constructing and operating the proposed $100-million gas pipeline from Batangas to Manila (Batman I), a ranking government official said over the weekend. These...

Business