Hydrocarbons are a relatively recent addition to Sri Lanka’s energy mix, which has long relied on hydroelectricity for much of its power generation needs. While coal and fuel oil have taken on an increasingly larger role in recent times, the government has also announced several ambitious goals in the field of renewable energy (RE). Mini-hydro...
As demand for energy continues to rise in conjunction with the growing economy, the Philippine upstream oil and gas segment is struggling to bring new domestic sources of hydrocarbons to the market. With the country’s most productive legacy fields now past their prime, investment is needed to tap into new fields and curtail the steady decline...
Higher power demand and a more stable political and social climate in the Luzon and Visayas regions have largely driven electricity development in the Philippines in recent decades, with these areas easily outpacing the more isolated island of Mindanao in terms of the expansion of power generation and distribution capabilities. In terms of...
With the power segment poised to rebound while the oil and gas segment struggles to keep pace with surging demand, the Philippine energy sector is very much in flux. However, years of significant investment in power are now beginning to bear fruit, with thousands of megawatts of new capacity slated to come on-line over the next decade.
There is growing optimism that Vietnam is poised to move forward with developing its renewable energy resources. The publication in November 2015 of a Renewable Energy Development Strategy and the priority given to alternative energy in the revised Power Development Plan 7 (PDP 7) suggest rising government appreciation of the role renewables...
Exploitation of shallow-water resources over the last 30 years has allowed Vietnam to become an oil exporter while meeting domestic gas demand. With the third-largest proven oil reserves in East Asia, at 4.4bn barrels, and the fourth-largest offshore gas reserves in the region, estimated at 600bn cu metres in 2015, it has the potential to meet...
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