DOE to meet with Coast Guard and Marina to tackle issue on illegal transport of petroleum products

Benjie Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Energy in Central Visayas (DOE-7) will be meeting with maritime law enforcers to help them track down illegal traders of petroleum products in the region. This developed after a letter sent…

13,000 LPG-filled butane canisters seized, four arrested in Consolacion, Cebu

Benjie Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over 13,000 illegally refilled butane canisters estimated to be worth P1.7 million were confiscated from four individuals who were arrested in an entrapment operation inside a warehouse in  Barangay Tayud, Consolacion  on Tuesday…

Pilar exec asks DOE for a moratorium on arrest of illegal petro traders

Rosalie B. abatayo 01/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The municipal government of Pilar on Camotes Island has asked the Department of Energy (DOE) for a  moratorium in apprehending townsfolk who sell fuel contained in one-liter soda bottles. Pilar Mayor Eufracio Maratas told…

ALTERNATIVE TO REFILLED BUTANE CANISTERS: Co-op eyes 3M Cebuanos for its safer LPG cylinders

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Reporter 09/19/2018

A cooperative is targeting the three million Cebuanos, who prefer to use smaller cylinders like refilled butane canisters to regular LPG tanks, with the launch of its newest offering to the market — refillable stainless steel cylinders…

DOE warns public against LPG-refilled butane canisters

Inquirer.net 09/02/2018

The Department of Energy (DOE) is warning the public against butane canisters illegally refilled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that are being sold in provincial markets. The Department issued the warning following a buy-bust operation by the…

DOE, PRO-7 BACK CCPO PLAN TO SUE OSMEÑA

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/26/2018

FOR FACILITATING RELEASE OF BUTANE REFILLERS The violation might be petty but the distribution of butane canisters filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is illegal and must be deterred. Because of this, the Department of Energy in…

Risk of allowing DOE to meddle in fuel import business cited

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/14/2018

It’s not a good idea – economist A Cebu-based economist has warned the government about the risk of allowing a government agency to meddle in the business of importing fuel as a solution to mitigate the impact…

DOE temporarily suspends work at Alegria oil, gas site

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2018

Chinese firm lacks envt’l compliance certificate, envt’l impact assessment study among others Production works at the onshore gas and oil site in Alegria town have been temporarily suspended pending documentary requirements. According to the Department of Energy…

There will be no power outages on election day – DOE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Nestle L. Semilla and Jessa Mae Sotto 04/25/2018

THERE will be enough power supply during next month’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Department of Energy (DOE) has assured. Engr. Rey Maleza, head of the energy industry management division of the DOE-Visayas Field Office,…

DOE READIES GAS MINING IN ALEGRIA

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Futch Anthony Inso 03/16/2018

NATURAL GAS, OIL IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITY FOUND Production of natural gas and oil in the southern Cebu town of Alegria is set to start after the Department of Energy (DOE) and its partner, a Chinese exploration firm,…

La Niña could affect power supply from solar plants

Futch Anthony Inso 11/28/2017

THE weak La Niña that is expected to affect the country next month until the first quarter of 2018, might also affect the power supply of the Visayas area. According to Lou Arciaga, information officer of the…

DOE-Visayas to launch ‘E-Power Mo’ campaign

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/30/2017

TO PROMOTE proper utilization of energy resources in Cebu, the Department of Energy (DOE) in the Visayas will launch its “E-Power Mo campaign” on September 7. The campaign will involve lecture series and community-based information drive that…

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