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                    [Title] => Seaoil to invest P1.5 billion on alternative fuel facilities
                    [Summary] => Seaoil Philippines Inc., one of the country’s most aggressive small oil players, is likely to invest more than P1.5 billion to put up facilities for alternative fuels.


Seaoil president Glenn Yu said they are looking at the feasibility of putting up a P1.5-billion ethanol plant and the conversion of an existing Metro Manila gas pump station into an auto LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) station.


Yu said these are among the company’s contributions in the development of alternative fuels in the country.


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                    [Title] => Congress expected to pass ethanol measure next week
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives is expected to approve next week the National Fuel Ethanol Act that will mandate the use of ethanol blend in gasoline. 


"The bill has been certified as urgent by President Arroyo and will be approved by Congress next week. This should send strong signals to investors," said Bukidnon Rep. Miguel Zubiri.   


Zubiri  is chief sponsor of the bill seeking to establish a national ethanol program. The bill proposes the grant of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives and tax breaks to ethanol projects.


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                    [Title] => Four small oil firms to sell ethanol-blended gasoline
                    [Summary] => The government’s efforts to accelerate the use of  cheaper, environment-friendly transport fuels is getting a major boost with four  new players in the downstream oil business agreeing to sell ethanol-blended  gasoline in at least 400 service stations nationwide by September this year. 


Energy Undersecretary Peter Anthony Abaya said that Seaoil, Unioil, Flying V and USA 888 will be putting up additional pumps to jumpstart the Department of Energy’s National Fuel Ethanol Project aimed at  reducing the country’s dependence on expensive imported oil 


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                    [Summary] => British firm Bronzeoak Phils. and Bukidnon Sugar Milling Corp. (BUSCO) are planning to construct their respective fuel ethanol plants in Bukidnon province in the next three years. 


Bukidnon Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri, vice chairman of the House committee on natural resources, said the two groups are in the process of completing their feasibility studies. 


An ethanol plant with a 25-megawatt (MW) capacity requires about P1.5 billion in investment. 


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                    [Title] => Bumper sugar harvest seen
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Data from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) show that efforts to raise the productivity of the sugar industry through the use higher-yielding varieties, adoption of  new technology and rehabilitation of mostly antiquated milling facilities resulted in a 32.6-percent growth in production over the last four years. 


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                    [Title] => Interested parties in VMC have till today to submit bids
                    [Summary] => Victorias Milling Corp. has given the different interested parties until today to submit their final bids for the P300-million capital infusion needed by the sugar firm for its rehabilitation program, STAR sources revealed yesterday.


Among the parties that have expressed interest in injecting new capital into the company are JG Summit Holdings Inc., Bukidnon Sugar Milling Corp.’s Julio Sy, an unidentified party represented by the Filipino-Singaporean investment house ATR-Kim Eng Capital, and Filinvest’s Andrew Gotianun.


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Sugarcane farmers brace for increased ethanol demand

June 22, 2006 - 12:00am

Sugarcane farmers all over the country are scouting for new areas where they can plant more sugarcane in anticipation of increased demand for the crop brought about by the country’s thrust to go into ethanol...

Business

Seaoil to invest P1.5 billion on alternative fuel facilities

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Seaoil Philippines Inc., one of the country’s most aggressive small oil players, is likely to invest more than P1.5 billion to put up facilities for alternative fuels. Seaoil president Glenn Yu said they are...

Business

Congress expected to pass ethanol measure next week

By Rocel Felix | August 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives is expected to approve next week the National Fuel Ethanol Act that will mandate the use of ethanol blend in gasoline. "The bill has been certified as urgent by President Arroyo...

Business

Four small oil firms to sell ethanol-blended gasoline

By Rocel Felix | August 15, 2005 - 12:00am

The government’s efforts to accelerate the use of cheaper, environment-friendly transport fuels is getting a major boost with four new players in the downstream oil business agreeing to sell ethanol-blended...

Business

2 firms eye ethanol plants

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 7, 2005 - 12:00am

British firm Bronzeoak Phils. and Bukidnon Sugar Milling Corp. (BUSCO) are planning to construct their respective fuel ethanol plants in Bukidnon province in the next three years. Bukidnon Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri,...

Business

Bumper sugar harvest seen

By Rocel Felix | August 21, 2003 - 12:00am

The sugar industry is enjoying a resurgence after suffering a long slump that led to its near collapse. Data from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) show that efforts to raise the productivity of the sugar...

Business

Interested parties in VMC have till today to submit bids

March 27, 2003 - 12:00am

Victorias Milling Corp. has given the different interested parties until today to submit their final bids for the P300-million capital infusion needed by the sugar firm for its rehabilitation program, STAR sources...

Business