DOE: Transport Sector to Use Natural Gas

The Department of Energy (DOE) said the transport sector would likely account for at least five percent of the total market demand for natural gas in the country.

Despite the absence of concrete level of natural gas to be allocated for the transport sector, the DOE said one of the key strategies to successfully implement the country’s program on natural gas for transport is to develop a market base.

“The magnitude of the public transport system, in terms of volume and coverage, makes it viable for conversion to compressed natural gas (CNG), the DOE said. Read more

Pilipinas Shell Kicks Off ‘Libreng Sakay’ Project

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. will kick off today the “Libreng Sakay” project which forms part of the government’s compressed natural gas (CNG) program.

“We have finalized an arrangement that will allow 11 CNG-run buses to start plying the Metro Manila route,” Department of Energy director Mario Marasigan said.

He, however, said there are still minor concerns the bus operators and Shell’s mother-daughter CNG station are currently threshing out.

“They want to ensure the commercial operation will be sustainable,” the DOE official said.

According to Marasigan, a technical working group had met several times to resolve these issues.

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