Energy

While the nickel rush brought about by the commodity price spike in 2006-08 has largely subsided, nickel mining remains by far the largest metallic commodity by weight and value produced in the Philippines.

As attention swirls around the renewable energy push and political haymakers are thrown over the future of oil and gas deposits in the West Philippine Sea, proven and reliable coal quietly maintains its place as the country’s single-most-utilised fuel source. Cheaply and plentifully available in the Philippines, coal was responsible for generating...

Strong demand for oil and gas, particularly in rapidly growing Asian economies, means that finding and securing new sources of hydrocarbons is more important than ever. And with prices remaining strong, the stakes for countries competing for new energy supplies have never been higher. The Philippines’ efforts to boost domestic oil and gas production...

Already a regional leader in terms of renewable energy, the Philippines is looking to stimulate a new wave of investment in the sector with the implementation of an incentive scheme, scheduled to be introduced in the first half of 2012. Although the government has already enacted legislation to boost the sector through the Renewable Energy Act of...

Long regarded as a challenging environment for investors due to the its often unpredictable political climate and its vast geography, the Philippines is nonetheless making significant strides in laying the foundations for a more stable and productive energy sector. The oil and gas sector has recently offered up more than two dozen new production...

While the export of crude oil remains a central part of Kuwait’s economy, in the longer term, the government has targeted economic diversification. The most straightforward way to accomplish this is to use the country’s most lucrative natural asset to produce higher-value petrochemicals and refined products. To that end, the government is looking to...