Shell’s 3 Mt/year LNG import project in the Philippines receives approval
The Philippine Department of Energy has issued a notice-to-proceed for Shell’s 3 Mt/year LNG import project in Tabangao, Batangas. The LNG terminal is expected to supply two power plants in Subic and Mariveles (Central Luzon) and a petrochemical plant in the country. The LNG import project will be located on the same site as Shell's 110,000 bbl/d Tabangao refinery that was decommissioned in August 2020.
Earlier in March 2021, the Philippine LNG and gas logistics group Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila (AG&P, part-owned by Osaka Gas and JBIC of Japan) received approval to develop its 3 Mt/year Philippine LNG (PLNG) LNG import and regasification terminal in Batangas Bay on the main island of Luzon. Commissioning is scheduled by mid-2022.