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                    [ArticleID] => 1392894
                    [Title] => Industry players face challenges in social-acceptability of coal-fired plants
                    [Summary] => 

Putting up coal-fired power plants in the Philippines continues to face the challenge of social acceptability due mainly to concerns on coal plants’ environmental impact, industry players said yesterday at the Coal Business and Policy Forum in Makati.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 736021 [Title] => Phl neighbors have better oil search policies - exec [Summary] =>

The government should come up with more attractive contractual policies on petroleum upstream development to put it at par with that of neighboring countries, a top industry official said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 42532 [Title] => RP needs P162.3B for coal exploration & development [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30076 [Title] => Not enough local coal to meet ’08 demand – study [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 19760 [Title] => GN Power forges coal supply deal for Bataan plant [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372841 [Title] => Aussie firm to start $8-M oil exploratory drilling in Cebu [Summary] => NorAsian Energy Ltd. (NEL), a subsidiary of Otto Energy of Australia, will start drilling activities at Service Contract 51 in South Cebu, a ranking company official said.

NEL exploration manager Dennis Panganiban said they would spend around $8 million for the drilling of an exploratory well in the area.

The drilling, he said, would be done with partners such as TransAsia Oil and Gas Exploration, Alcorn Gold and PetroEnergy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354002 [Title] => Oil exploration firm plans to list shares at PSE [Summary] => Local oil exploration firm NorAsian Energy Ltd. is planning to list its shares by way of introduction on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).

The company is jointly owned by Australia’s Ottoman Energy Ltd. and AustralAsian Energy Ltd. Ottoman is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

NorAsian chief executive officer Ken Fellowes said listing on the stock exchange is an option being studied by the company.

Listing by way of introduction refers to the listing of shares of a company without undertaking an initial public offering (IPO).
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351848 [Title] => Sultan Energy to build $500-M coal-fired plant [Summary] => Sultan Energy Philippines Corp. and MG Mining and Energy Corp. will invest more than $500 million to set up a coal-fired power plant and expand the capacity of an open-pit coal mine in Bislig, Surigao del Sur, a top company official said.

Sultan Energy Phils. president Rufino B. Bomasang said they are looking at various options for raising funds for the power plant and coal mine project. Bomasang, a former key official of the Philippine National Oil Corp. is also the vice chairman of MG Mining.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296483 [Title] => AustralAsian consortium to drill for oil, gas in Palawan [Summary] => The AustralAsian consortium will start drilling for oil and gas reserves in the Northwest Palawan basin before the end of the year, a top official said yesterday.

"We believe that by using new technology we can produce oil in the field. We feel the area is viable, considering the urgency to find oil," said Rufino Bomasang, chairman of AustralAsian Energy Ltd.

AustralAsian, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Middle East Petroleum Services (MEP), is focused on oil exploration and production in the AustralAsian region, primarily in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270050 [Title] => Australian-Asian group bags 6th oil search deal [Summary] => The Department of Energy (DOE) has given out another oil and gas drilling contract, the sixth this year, to an Australian-Asian consortium.

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said the DOE awarded Service Contract (SC) 50 with a group composed of Ottoman Energy Ltd., AustralAsian Energy Ltd. and RGA Resources Inc. for an oil and gas exploration in Northwest Palawan basin.

SC 50 is the eighth petroleum contract signed over the past 15 months and the sixth awarded since the Supreme Court ruling on the Philippine Mining Act last December.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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