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The Malampaya deep-water-to-gas power facility in Palawan is going on another month-long maintenance shutdown next year, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said yesterday.

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The country will not allow the planting of biofuel crops in areas where trees would have to be cut down, a government scientist clarified Tuesday.

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The Cebu Goals on East Asian Energy Security is to be signed tomorrow by the heads of government at the East Asia Summit, which brings together the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their six dialogue partners — Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375375 [Title] => Chemrez mulls 3rd biodiesel plant worth P2B [Summary] => Once the Biofuel Act takes effect, Chemrez Technologies Inc. will start planning the construction of its third biodiesel processing plant, a ranking company official said yesterday.

Chemrez chief operating officer Dean Lao Jr. said the third plant, which can produce 240,000 tons of biodiesel annually, is specifically intended to fill in the expected surge in biodiesel demand once the mandatory use of biodiesel is raised to two percent.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362577 [Title] => Senate unanimously approves Biofuels Act [Summary] => The Senate unanimously approved last night the Biofuels Act of 2006 mandating the use of biofuels as an alternative form of energy.

Voting 19-0 with no abstention, the senators approved Senate Bill 2226 in a bid to "reduce dependence in imported fuels with due regards to the protection of public health and the environment."

The proposed measure mandates the use of alternative fuels for the transport sector and the creation of the Philippine Biofuel Program in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338349 [Title] => Using bioethanol could save RP $160 M annually [Summary] => Making it mandatory for vehicle owners to use a five-percent blend of bioethanol in gasoline will save the country $160 million annually, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday.

Santiago sponsored yesterday the Biofuel Act of 2006, which seeks to require some 5.2 million registered vehicle owners to use biofuel before the year ends.

While she admitted that biofuels are not a "magic solution... if we adopt the Biofuel Act of 2006, it can reduce our dependence on fossil oil."
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Malampaya set for mo-long shutdown
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The Malampaya deep-water-to-gas power facility in Palawan is going on another month-long maintenance shutdown next year, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140708/Carlos-Jericho-Petilla-BUS3.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 75396 [Title] => Malunggay a better alternative to jatropha [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1273314 [AuthorName] => Domingo Diaz Tapiador [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 73425 [Title] => RP trees won't be cut down to give way to biofuel crops DOST [Summary] =>

The country will not allow the planting of biofuel crops in areas where trees would have to be cut down, a government scientist clarified Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2892 [Title] => Honoraria sa BEIs gipanghatag na [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1570467 [AuthorName] => Ni Elly Bolonos [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 392244 [Title] => A preliminary list [Summary] => This early we tried to list down the names of senatoriables who deserve our vote come May 14. We looked closely at the line-up of Team Unity and the Genuine Opposition and did a brief reflection on what we knew of each. Our main sources of course were the reports in the media, both print and broadcast, and what we heard from observers. We were supposed to come up with twelve names arranged in the order of priority. Sadly, however, our list fell short of the magic number. We tried to be less critical of some candidates, giving each the benefit of doubt on how they stood on certain issues. [DatePublished] => 2007-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135759 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1757071 [AuthorName] => STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379907 [Title] => 16 Asian nations to adopt accord on boosting energy security [Summary] => CEBU — Leaders of 16 nations — from the Philippines to South Korea — are expected to agree to boost Asia’s energy efficiency and combat climate change by seeking new fuel sources, particularly biofuels, a draft document showed.

The Cebu Goals on East Asian Energy Security is to be signed tomorrow by the heads of government at the East Asia Summit, which brings together the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their six dialogue partners — Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376829 [Title] => DBP leads P1.78-B club loan for bioethanol fuel project [Summary] => The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) led four other banks in signing a P1.778-billion syndicated term loan agreement last week to finance the integrated bioethanol and cogeneration power plant of San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. (SCBI) in Makati City.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375375 [Title] => Chemrez mulls 3rd biodiesel plant worth P2B [Summary] => Once the Biofuel Act takes effect, Chemrez Technologies Inc. will start planning the construction of its third biodiesel processing plant, a ranking company official said yesterday.

Chemrez chief operating officer Dean Lao Jr. said the third plant, which can produce 240,000 tons of biodiesel annually, is specifically intended to fill in the expected surge in biodiesel demand once the mandatory use of biodiesel is raised to two percent.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362577 [Title] => Senate unanimously approves Biofuels Act [Summary] => The Senate unanimously approved last night the Biofuels Act of 2006 mandating the use of biofuels as an alternative form of energy.

Voting 19-0 with no abstention, the senators approved Senate Bill 2226 in a bid to "reduce dependence in imported fuels with due regards to the protection of public health and the environment."

The proposed measure mandates the use of alternative fuels for the transport sector and the creation of the Philippine Biofuel Program in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338349 [Title] => Using bioethanol could save RP $160 M annually [Summary] => Making it mandatory for vehicle owners to use a five-percent blend of bioethanol in gasoline will save the country $160 million annually, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday.

Santiago sponsored yesterday the Biofuel Act of 2006, which seeks to require some 5.2 million registered vehicle owners to use biofuel before the year ends.

While she admitted that biofuels are not a "magic solution... if we adopt the Biofuel Act of 2006, it can reduce our dependence on fossil oil."
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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