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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 254 - CREATING
THE PHILIPPINE GAS PROJECT TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the
State to ensure a continuous, adequate and economic supply of
energy;
WHEREAS, natural gas deposits of at least 2.5 trillion cubic feet
discovered in offshore Malampaya/Camago by Service Contractors under
Service Contract No. 38 (Shell Exploration B. V. and Occidental
Philippines, Inc.) potentially represent the country’s largest
indigenous source of fossil fuel;
WHEREAS, the Government is committed to pursue the development and
utilization of the Malampaya/Camago gas reserves for power generation
through a Philippine Gas Project with the end in view of providing a
long-term market for the gas, which potential resource level is
projected to supply 400 million standard cubic feet of gas per day
equivalent to 3,000 megawatts of baseload generating capacity;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Gas Project (PGP) shall involve operations
consisting of the development of the Malampaya/Camago gas field, and
the development and constitution of offshore production pipeline
systems from the offshore production area to onshore gas-fired power
plants and other target markets;
WHEREAS, the critical nature of the PGP necessitates the creation of an
ad hoc, multi-agency body that will ensure a unified and coordinated
effort towards achieving the goals of the PGP;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation
of the Philippine Gas Project Task Force, hereinafter referred to
as the Gas Task Force:
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The Department of Energy (DOE) shall provide the technical, administrative and secretariat support to the Gas Task Force.
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Sec. 4. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila this
30th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety
five.
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