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The Department of Energy (DOE) will offer 10 more oil and gas exploration blocks under the third Public Contracting Round (PCR), aiming to raise more than $200-million worth of investments in these areas, a ranking DOE official said.


In an interview with reporters, Energy Undersecretary Guillermo Balce said they would announce the start of PCR 3 by December this year.


He said it would take at least six months to complete the process. By July 2007, he said they expect to award the contracts to the investors.


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PTTPC president and CEO Siripong Phoungpaka said this is part of the expansion program being carried out by its mother firm, PTT Public Co. Ltd., in the Philippines.


"PTTs’ policy is to go global, because it is now too big in Thailand and has to expand. And now we go first in Southeast Asia and we do exploration in some parts of Africa, Burma, Vietnam and  Cambodia," he said.


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Under the PCR-I, the DOE will open for bidding 48 oil and gas exploration blocks in Palawan and Sulu Sea. The bidding is set to be conducted on March 2004. 


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In an interview with reporters, Energy Undersecretary Guillermo Balce said they would announce the start of PCR 3 by December this year.


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"PTTs’ policy is to go global, because it is now too big in Thailand and has to expand. And now we go first in Southeast Asia and we do exploration in some parts of Africa, Burma, Vietnam and  Cambodia," he said.


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DOE offers 10 areas for exploration

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | November 13, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Energy (DOE) will offer 10 more oil and gas exploration blocks under the third Public Contracting Round (PCR), aiming to raise more than $200-million worth of investments in these areas,...

Business

Thailand’s PTT keen on teaming up with PNOC

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 22, 2006 - 12:00am

Thailand-based PTT Philippines Corp. has expressed interest in joining Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in oil and gas exploration ventures, a ranking company official said. PTTPC president and CEO Siripong Phoungpaka...

Business

Chinese oil firm eyes RP prospects

November 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) is studying the possibility of participating in the bidding for the Public Contracting Round (PCR-I), a Department of Energy (DOE) official said. Under the...

Business