Malampaya: When the gas runs out will Luzon have power?By Kristine de Guzman, CNN Philippines
Updated 18:32 PM PHT Sat, June 27, 2015
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/06/26/Malampaya-When-the-gas-runs-out-will-Luzon-have-power.htmlMetro Manila (CNN Philippines) – The Malampaya Natural Gas Facility supplies fuel to three major power plants in Luzon.
These plants provide 40-percent of the island's energy requirement.
But Malampaya's lifespan is projected to end in less than a decade.
The facility is expected to produce less fuel in its remaining year. So to help maximize its output, Malampaya operator Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. installed another platform to help pump gas from under the ocean.
Albert Emas, Shell offshore installation manager, says: "It's like, let's say, a water jug: Every time you get water from the water jug, di ba, it declines. So pero there's a certain limit or level na you would be concerned about na oops, masyado na mababa yung level ng jug ko."
The Malampaya facility only has
nine years left before it runs out of natural gas.
The government is now finding other sources of fuel within the country's territory to sustain the production of three power plants relying on Malampaya.
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