Programs and Projects
Oil and Gas
MALAMPAYA DEEP WATER GAS TO POWER PROJECT (SC 38)
DESCRIPTION:
Extraction of gas from a reservoir located 3,000 meters below sea level beneath. The gas will flow through five sub-sea wellheads to a manifold in 820-meter water depth, through two 30-kilometer flowlines to a shallow water production platform where the gas is dried. The dried gas is then transported through a 504-kilometer sub-sea pipeline from the platform in offshore Palawan to the on-shore gas plant in Batangas where gas is further processed with the removal of hydrogen sulfide and finally delivered to three combined-cycle gas turbine power plants.
This natural gas will be used as fuel for three power plants in Batangas, which can provide up to 2,700 MW of electricity, representing 25% of the installed capacity of the Luzon grid.
In December 1999, PNOC EC finalized its participation in the largest energy infrastructure undertaking in Philippine history – the Malampaya Deepwater Gas-to-Power Project. PNOC EC’s involvement in Malampaya effectively joins it with the rank of such other petroleum majors as Shell Exploration (as Project Operator) and Texaco (Partner). Commercial productions commenced in January 2002.
PROJECT SITE:
Located in the South China Sea, 80 kilometers northwest of Palawan.
STATUS:
Gas production from January to May, 2006 reached 42.3 billion cubic feet while condensate production totaled 2.1 million barrels.